And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
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Interpretation
God bids Moses stretch out his hand; locusts came at the call. An army might more easily have been resisted than this host of insects.
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This thought runs through Exodus 10:12-15.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.