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tomorrow shall this sign be.
24 And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into
the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
How it was inflicted, the day after it was threatened: There came a grievous swarm of flies (Ex 8:24), flies of divers sorts, and such as devoured them, Ps 78:45. The prince of the power of the air has gloried in being Beelzebub--the god of flies; but here it is proved that even in that he is a pretender and a usurper, for even with swarms of flies God fights against his kingdom and prevails.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
How Pharaoh, upon this attack, sounded a parley, and entered into a treaty with Moses and Aaron about a surrender of his captives: but observe with what reluctance he yields.
He is content they should sacrifice to their God, provided they would do it in the land of Egypt, Ex 8:25. Note, God can extort a toleration of his worship, even from those that are really enemies to it. Pharaoh, under the smart of the rod, is content they should do sacrifice, and will allow liberty of conscience to God's Israel, even in his own land. But Moses will not accept his concession; he cannot do it, Ex 8:26. It would be an abomination to God should they offer the Egyptian sacrifices, and an abomination to the Egyptians should they offer to God their own sacrifices, as they ought; so that they could not sacrifice in the land without incurring the displeasure either of their God or of their task-masters; therefore he insists: We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, Ex 8:27.
Note, Those that would offer an acceptable sacrifice to God must,