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Exodus 8:5 Explained in Context
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Verse 5. 5And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
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Quick Meaning
Reading 8:5 as “And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,…” keeps the verse tied to the before-and-after logic of “Frogs Fill Egypt and Pharaoh Reverses”.
Read It With
- Exodus 8:1–15
Read Exodus 8:5 with 8:1–15. Reading 8:5 as “And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,…” keeps the verse tied to the before-and-after logic of “Frogs Fill Egypt and Pharaoh Reverses”. The whole unit shows: Frogs invade the land, magicians imitate the sign, Pharaoh asks for prayer and names a release, but after relief he makes his heart heavy.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Exodus 7:14–25 establishes the preceding movement: A morning warning, struck Nile, dead fish, foul water, Aaron's extended staff, magicians' imitation, and Pharaoh's disregard begin the plague cycle with overlapping narrative details. This unit escalates that movement: Frogs invade the land, magicians imitate the sign, Pharaoh asks for prayer and names a release, but after relief he makes his heart heavy. At 8:5, the wording “And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,…” makes this verse's contribution precise. Reading 8:5 as “And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,…” keeps the verse tied to the before-and-after logic of “Frogs Fill Egypt and Pharaoh Reverses”.
What Remains True
Because Exodus 8:5 contributes “And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,…” to “Frogs Fill Egypt and Pharaoh Reverses,” its proportionate enduring truth is: The narrative contests imperial refusal and displays divine power, while its escalating harm and hardening language require moral seriousness rather than triumphalism.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Exodus 8:5, the line “And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers,…” serves this contextual meaning: Frogs invade the land, magicians imitate the sign, Pharaoh asks for prayer and names a release, but after relief he makes his heart heavy. The bounded action is: A proportionate application of “Frogs Fill Egypt and Pharaoh Reverses” is this: When opposing abusive power, protect noncombatants, refuse collective blame, and measure success by liberation without hiding collateral suffering.
Continue in Context
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Read Exodus 8:1–15 — Frogs Fill Egypt and Pharaoh ReversesSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 8:1–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 8:1–15
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Exodus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2026-08-12
Supports: Unit-bounded Hebrew, syntax, lexical, textual, name, measure, legal, ritual, and older-English notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Exodus PDF, complete 127-page PDF, translation and verse-attached translator notes for 8:1–15
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