And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
Moses offers Pharaoh something he craves: the chance to set the time for deliverance. But this is no honor, it strips away the false glory Pharaoh built on his own power and magic, leaving him with only one refuge: God's mercy through an intercessor. His arrogance must be crushed utterly.
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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
Pharaoh delays until tomorrow, likely hoping the plague will lift itself so he owes nothing to the Lord or Moses. But Moses has him appoint the hour, so when it ends precisely at that moment, Pharaoh will know: no god he worships, no magician he employs, can match the Lord's power to send and remove at will.
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