Exodus 8:6Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And Aaron stretched forth his hand upon the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Douay-Rheims

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְמָחָ֑ר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ כִּדְבָ֣רְךָ֔ לְמַ֣עַן תֵּדַ֔ע כִּי־אֵ֖ין כַּיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Ephraem the Syrian

4th centuryChurch Father

When Pharaoh remained unconvinced despite this, Aaron extended his hand once more. The staff represents the Cross: it initiated all the plagues when it swallowed the serpents, symbolizing the eventual downfall of all false gods; and it also marked their conclusion when the sea parted and the Egyptians perished, serving as a foreshadowing of the annihilation of the Canaanites.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Ps 78 (77):45
Ps 105 (104):30
Lev 11:12All that have not fins and scales, in the waters, shall be unclean.
Rev 16:13And I saw from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.