Exodus 8:9

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Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and remain in the river only."

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Egypt was the land ruled by Pharaoh, where Israel lived; Goshen was the fertile eastern region where many Israelites were settled, and the Nile was Egypt’s essential river. In this plague of frogs, Moses’ request that Pharaoh specify the time highlights the Lord’s control over Egypt and its life-sustaining waters.

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Exodus 8:9 mentions Egypt, Goshen and Nile.

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