They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
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They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
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And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
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(8-10) And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
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Passages linked to Exodus 8:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 7:21 The fish that were in the river died. The river became foul. The Egyptians couldn’t drink water from the river. The blood was throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:24 Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses. In all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
- Isaiah 34:2 For Yahweh is enraged against all the nations, and angry with all their armies. He has utterly destroyed them. He has given them over for slaughter.
- Ezekiel 39:11 “ ‘ “It will happen in that day, that I will give to Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east of the sea; and it will stop those who pass through. They will bury Gog and all his multitude there; and they will call it ‘The valley of Hamon Gog’.
- Joel 2:20 But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps:…
Exo 8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
Ver. 14. And the land stank.] As once this land also did by those unclean frogs that came out of the Pope’s mouth. {Rev 16:3} But England is now no more a babe, said King Henry VIII, in his protestation against the Pope: {a} there is no man here but now he knows that they do foolishly that give gold for lead, &c. Surely, except God take away our right wits, not only the Pope’s authority shall be driven out for ever, but his name also shall shortly be forgotten in England, &c. Thus he, and much more to like purpose. God hath promised to take away the unclean spirit out of the land. {Zec 13:2} Fiat, fiat. Surely the society of ungodly men, whether Papists or atheists, is unsavoury and tedious, like the slime and filth that is congealed, when frogs and toads and other vermin join together.
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{a} Act. and Mon., fol. 990.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Doubtless they cast them into their rivers, or pits,…
Doubtless they cast them into their rivers, or pits, &c., though that be not here mentioned. God would not instantly and wholly take them away, both to convince them of the truth of the miracle, and to make them more sensible of this judgment, and more fearful of bringing another upon themselves.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite,.... From…
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite,.... From his affliction, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; the plague was removed, and he found himself and his people at ease: or there was a "breathing" (c); before he and his people were so oppressed, that they could scarce breathe, but now being delivered from the judgment on them with which they were straitened, were enlarged and at liberty, and in easy circumstances: he hardened his heart; See Gill on Exo 7:14.
and hearkened not unto them; to Moses and Aaron, to let the children of Israel go, as they had required, and he had promised:
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as the Lord had said; had foretold that he would not hearken to them, nor let Israel go as yet.
(c) "respiratio", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius and Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. They gathered them together upon heaps] The…
Verse 14. They gathered them together upon heaps] The killing of the frogs was a mitigation of the punishment; but the leaving them to rot in the land was a continual proof that such a plague had taken place, and that the displeasure of the Lord still continued.
The conjecture of Calmet is at least rational: he supposes that the plague of flies originated from the plague of frogs; that the former deposited their ova in the putrid masses, and that from these the innumerable swarms afterwards mentioned were hatched. In vindication of this supposition it may be observed, that God never works a miracle when the end can be accomplished by merely natural means; and in the operations of Divine providence we always find that the greatest number of effects possible are accomplished by the fewest causes. As therefore the natural means for this fourth plague had been miraculously provided by the second, the Divine Being had a right to use the instruments which he had already prepared.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Corrupted. This helped to produce the ensuing plague of…
Corrupted. This helped to produce the ensuing plague of flies, &c. (Calmet) --- The Egyptians might then recollect the putrid carcasses of the children, whom they had drowned. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. And they gathered them together upon heaps —…
14. And they gathered them together upon heaps — Literally, Heaps, heaps; vast heaps, or a multitude of heaps.
And the land stank — The stench of their great god Pthah went up to heaven, even from his own magnificent temple courts. The putrid corpses were piled upon his altars.
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The author of the Book of Wisdom, who was probably an Egyptian Jew, says that God in these plagues “tormented them with their own abominations;” and as “they worshipped serpents void of reason and vile beasts,” he “sent a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them in vengeance.” — Wis_11:15.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. gathered] better, piled: cf. Hab_1:10 (‘heapeth up’).
14. gathered] better, piled: cf. Hab_1:10 (‘heapeth up’).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain They gathered them together upon heaps. Literally "heaps upon…
They gathered them together upon heaps. Literally "heaps upon heaps." And the land stank. Even when the relief came, it was not entire relief. The putrefaction of the dead bodies filled the whole land with a fetid odour.
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