After Egypt has been struck by God with the plague of their waters turning to blood and frogs in their houses, Pharaoh had vowed to God that if God would remove the frogs that Pharaoh would let His people go. In this week's passage, we see God's judgment on Pharaoh for his not paying his vow. First, God caused, through the hand of Aaron, the dust of Egypt to become lice on men and animals. Pharaoh's magicians attempt to do the same, but they are unable. The magicians now understand that their power did not match the power of God. They told Pharaoh, "this is the finger of God." Up to this point in Exodus, we have heard how God would stretch forth His hand to strike Egypt, but lice crawling on every man and beast is just His finger. Before Pharaoh called for Moses or we see him respond to the plague of lice, Moses met him again by the river as Pharaoh came out in the morning and told him that God said to let His people go. If Pharaoh did not let them go, Moses declared that swarms would come upon Egypt tomorrow. The word flies is not in the text, so we shouldn't think of this as house flies. This is probably a diverse group of flying insects. These insects would fill the Egyptian houses. They were a thick swarm meaning that there was enough that they darkened the sky with the number of insects. They covered the ground. Most insects like that bite as well, so think of it like being in the midst of the largest swarm of mosquitoes that you can imagine. Because of the plague of lice and the plague of swarms, the NKJV says that the land was 'corrupted,' but that word is most frequently translated 'destroyed.' Don't underestimate God's ability or willingness to judge and this is
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