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mosquitoes
Mosquitoes arise when Aaron strikes the dust of Egypt; Pharaoh’s magicians cannot replicate the plague in Exodus 8.
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First mention
Exodus 8:12
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Scripture references
- Exodus 8:12
Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Say to Aaron, "Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and it will turn into mosquitoes throughout the whole of Egypt." '
- Exodus 8:13
Aaron stretched out his hand, with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were mosquitoes on man and beast; all the dust of the earth turned into mosquitoes throughout the whole of Egypt.
- Exodus 8:14
By their spells the magicians tried to produce mosquitoes in the same way but failed, and there were mosquitoes on man and beast.
- Exodus 8:15
So the magicians said to Pharaoh, 'This is the finger of God.' But Pharaoh was obstinate and, as Yahweh had foretold, refused to listen to them.