The Story of the Ten Plagues of Egypt, Continued (Exodus 8)

Plague Number 2 – Frogs. After the plague of blood was over, God told Moses to stand before Pharaoh and say to him, “Thus saith the Lord, let my people go, that they may serve me. And if thou refuse to let them go, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.” Moses warned Pharaoh that multitudes of frogs would be everywhere. They would be in his house and in the houses of all the people in Egypt. They would come into their bedrooms, and into their beds. They would be in their ovens and in the bowls where they made bread and food. How would you like to be eating a bowl of cereal and all of a sudden a frog poked its head up through your cheerios? How would you like to be trying to sleep at night and frogs would hop up on your face and more frogs would craw under the covers and get on your tummy? How would you like frogs jumping on your head or on your shoulders and getting into your pockets all day long? Moses warned Pharaoh that it would be really bad, but he still would not let the people go. God then told Moses to have Aaron raise his rod over the rivers, streams, and pools in Egypt. As soon as he did multitudes of frogs came out of the waters and covered all the land of Egypt. It must have been even worse than Pharaoh thought it would be because he soon called for Moses and said, “Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and my people; and I will let the people go, that they do sacrifice unto the Lord.” According to the set time, Moses prayed the next day and all the frogs in the land of Egypt died. The people gathered them up and put them in piles, and there were so many dead frogs that all the land of Egypt stank with a very foul odor. That’s when Pharaoh changed his mind and still would not let the people go.