Exo 8:16-19 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Exod 8:16-19: 8:16-19 The third plague was the plague of gnats . The word translated “gnats” is very general. Technical Old Testament dictionaries often translate it as “vermin.” The English term “bugs” would come close. The whole land was infested with insects of one sort or another.

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‏ Exodus 8:16-19

Summary for Exod 8:16-19: 8:16-19 ^a The third plague was the plague of gnats. The word translated “gnats” is very general. Technical Old Testament dictionaries often translate it as “vermin.” The English term “bugs” would come close. The whole land was infested with insects of one sort or another.
8:19 ^b This is the finger of God! See study note on 7:11.