Verse 31

He spoke, and there came swarms of flies and gnats throughout their territory.

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  • Exod 8:16-18 : 16 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he is going out to the water. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go so that they may worship me.'" 17 If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be filled with flies, and even the ground they stand on will be covered. 18 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people live, so that no swarms of flies will be there. This will be proof to you that I, the LORD, am in this land.
  • Exod 8:21-24 : 21 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land." 22 But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we make to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is detestable to them before their eyes, they would stone us. 23 We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God as he commands us. 24 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me."
  • Ps 78:45 : 45 He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
  • Isa 7:18 : 18 On that day the Lord will whistle for the flies at the farthest streams of Egypt and for the bees in the land of Assyria.