“They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats.  But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not.”-Exodus 8:17-18 If there be any thought that the […]

Today we begin Exodus Chapter 8. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. Adonai said to Moshe, “Say to Aharon, ‘Reach out your hand with your staff over the rivers, canals and ponds; and cause frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’” Aharon put out his hand over the waters […]

“This is what the Lord says: ‘By this you will know that I am the Lord: With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.  The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its […]

 But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in Egypt, he will not listen to you. -Exodus 7:3-4 One of the major reasons Pharaoh was so resistant to letting the Israelites leave Egypt was because he knew how much it would cost his nation in terms of lost labor.  Although up until this […]

 “So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.  Pharaoh then summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the Egyptian magicians also did the same things by their secret arts: Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But […]