Exodus 8

2 frogs. These the Egyptians reverenced.

3 come into thine house. The Nile and the neighbouring marshes are commonly full of frogs, as the narrative itself implies (9, 11), but they are generally kept under by serpents, crocodiles, and storks, so as to occasion no serious annoyance. Some have supposed that there was a natural connexion between this and the foregoing plague, as the corrupt state of the Nile would contribute to the increase of these creatures; but, whatever natural agencies might be employed, the plague would still be miraculous." See on ch. vii. 17.

9. Glory over me. “You may have the honour of saying when” (Moffatt).

10 that thou mayest know. The sudden removal of the plague on the “morrow” would be as strong a proof of God’s power as its infliction.

16 lice. A common annoyance of the country, intensely aggravated on this occasion. The Greek translators, who lived in Egypt, supposed mosquitoes to be meant.

26 the abomination. This may mean, the killing of their sacred animals and the use of the flesh in a sacrificial feast will be “an abomination to the Egyptians.”