Exodus 8:21 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 8:21

But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

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ASV

Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

LETTER 106.86 (420)

Kynomyia does not represent "dog fly," as the Latins translated it, with the Greek letter upsilon; according to the sense of the Hebrew the diphthong oi should be written so that the word is koinomyia, that is, "every genus of flies."

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Swarms of flies - Generally, supposed to be the dog-fly, which at certain seasons is described as a plague far worse than mosquitos. Others, however, adopt the opinion that the insects were a species of beetle, which was reverenced by the Egyptians as a symbol of life, of reproductive or creative power. The sun-god, as creator, bore the name Chepera, and is represented in the form, or with the head, of a beetle.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
אֵינְךָ֮	'ei.ne.Kha	not you	H369 →
מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ	me.sha.Le.ach	[are] letting go	H7971 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַמִּי֒	'a.Mi	people my	H5971 →
הִנְנִי֩	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
מַשְׁלִ֨יחַ	mash.Li.ach	[am] about to send	H7971 →
בְּךָ֜	be.Kha	on you
וּבַעֲבָדֶ֧יךָ	u.va.'a.va.Dei.kha	and on servants your	H5650 →
וּֽבְעַמְּךָ֛	u.ve.'a.me.Kha	and on people your	H5971 →
וּבְבָתֶּ֖יךָ	u.ve.va.Tei.kha	and on houses your	H1004 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הֶעָרֹ֑ב	he.'a.Ro	the swarm	H6157 →
וּמָ֨לְא֜וּ	u.Mal.'U	and they will be full	H4390 →
בָּתֵּ֤י	ba.Tei	[the] houses of	H1004 →
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4713 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הֶ֣עָרֹ֔ב	he.'a.Ro	the swarm	H6157 →
וְגַ֥ם	ve.Gam	and also	H1571 →
הָאֲדָמָ֖ה	ha.'a.da.Mah	the ground	H127 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
הֵ֥ם	hem	they	H1992 →
עָלֶֽיהָ׃	'a.Lei.ha	[are] on it	H5921 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 78:45
He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
leads to
- Exodus 8:21–24
  But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 8:2–15
  But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.
- Psalms 105:30–31
  Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.
Through
Isaiah 7:18
On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
leads to
- Isaiah 5:26
  He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
- Joshua 24:12
  I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
- Deuteronomy 7:20
  Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them until even the survivors hiding from you have perished.
Through
Psalms 105:31
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
leads to
- Isaiah 7:18
  On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
- Exodus 8:16–18
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

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