And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
God chose contemptible frogs to strike down a haughty king, magnifying His power over all creation and humbling Pharaoh's pride. What a mortification for a monarch to be forced to his knees by creatures a child can master, yet whose numbers made all his chariots and horsemen helpless.
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Commenting on Exodus 8:1-15
God's power and providence, likely through angels, brought the frogs everywhere no matter what precautions Pharaoh took. His express naming of him, his people, and his servants suggests the Israelites were spared this plague, a distinction the best interpreters recognize.
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These small Nile frogs would naturally breed in thousands when the waters recede, but this became a penal miracle when they emerged in unparalleled numbers at Aaron's staff and penetrated not only houses and beds and ovens and kneading-troughs, but crept upon the men themselves.
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Commenting on Exodus 8:1-6