Exodus 8:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD said to Moses, “Command Aaron to strike the ground with his walking stick, and everywhere in Egypt the dust will turn into gnats.”

Cross References

Psalm 105:31

When God gave the command, flies and gnats swarmed all around.

Exodus 4:23

and I commanded you to release him, so he could worship me. But you refused, and now I will kill your firstborn son.”

Exodus 5:1

Moses and Aaron went to the king of Egypt and told him, “The LORD God says, ‘Let my people go into the desert, so they can honour me with a celebration there.’ ”

Exodus 8:15

But when the king saw that things were now better, he again did just as the LORD had said and stubbornly refused to listen to Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 8:17

They obeyed, and when Aaron struck the ground with the stick, gnats started swarming on people and animals. In fact, every speck of dust in Egypt turned into a gnat.

Exodus 8:18

When the magicians tried to use their secret powers to do this, they failed, and gnats stayed on people and animals.

Exodus 8:5

Moses, now command Aaron to hold his stick over the water. Then frogs will come from all rivers, canals, and ponds in Egypt, and they will cover the land.