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14 And they piled them in countless heaps,[a] and the land stank. 15 And Pharaoh saw that there was relief, and he made his heart insensitive,[b] and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

Plague Three: Gnats

16 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the land, and it will become gnats[c] in all the land of Egypt.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 8:14 Literally “heaps, heaps”
  2. Exodus 8:15 Literally “heavy”
  3. Exodus 8:16 Exactly what troublesome insect is uncertain