Exodus 8:21

Tree of Life Version

So Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, “Go! Sacrifice to your God—in the land.”

Cross References

Psalm 105:31

He spoke, and a swarm of gnats came within all their borders.

Psalm 78:45

He sent on them flies to devour them, and frogs to devastate them,

Exodus 10:6

Your houses will be filled, as will the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they were on the earth until today!” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

Exodus 8:20

Adonai did just so. A massive swarm of flies went into the house of Pharaoh and into his servant’s houses. All the land of Egypt was ruined because of the swarm of flies.

Exodus 8:22

But Moses said, “That would not be right. For the offerings we intend to sacrifice to Adonai our God are an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians, wouldn’t they stone us?

Exodus 8:24

Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, so that you may sacrifice to Adonai your God in the wilderness. Only you must not go very far away. Pray for me.”

Isaiah 7:18

In that day Adonai will whistle for the fly at the source of the Nile of Egypt and for the bee in the land of Assyria.