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Exodus 8:14

12 After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

13 And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.

They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.

15 When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

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BSB
They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.
KJV
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
WEB
They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
ASV
And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
DARBY
And they gathered them in heaps; and the land stank.
BLB
And they piled them up in heaps of heaps, and the land stank.
ÅB
og de samlet dem i dyngevis, og landet ble fylt med stank.
OTB
De ble samlet i hauger, og landet stinket av dem.
B1930
og de samlet dem i dyngevis, og landet blev fylt med stank.

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  • Exodus 7:21

    The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

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  • Isaiah 34:2

    The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.

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  • Exodus 8:24

    And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

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  • Joel 2:20

    The northern army I will drive away from you, banishing it to a barren and desolate land, its front ranks into the Eastern Sea, and its rear guard into the Western Sea. And its stench will rise; its foul odor will ascend. For He has done great things.

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  • Ezekiel 39:11

    And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.

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