Exodus 8:17 They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats.
While most translations call the winged creatures gnats, King James translations call them lice. Regardless, they give me the “heebee jeebees”!! I think every parent of small children has dealt with lice at some point, and everyone with a kitchen faces the yearly gnat affliction. To me, these tiny flying creatures are so much worse than frogs.
Exodus 8:18 But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere,
I find it interesting that this plague is also the first that Pharaoh’s magicians can’t imitate. Not only that, the magicians admit that the plague of gnats/lice “is the finger of God” but to no avail. “Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen.”
Exodus 8:19 the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.
Precious Savior, Thank You that You give me warning signs when I am headed down the wrong road–feelings, friends, stumbling blocks. Help me not to ignore Your warnings when I get off track. Help me to turn myself around and head straight back to You. Help me, Jesus. Amen.
Exodus 8:20 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
Have a blessed day.