BRAGADAYJAH 184

So in spite of everything that God did unto Pharaoh so far, he still decided to hang tough. He saw the staff of Moses turned into a snake; he saw the rivers of water of Egypt turned to blood; he witnessed the frogs everywhere and relented but changed his mind when they were removed, and he witnessed the infestation of lice on man and beast; and still he refused to let God's people go. So now God visited a new plague upon him and all Egypt, an infestation of flies; for God told Moses to rise up early in the morning and go stand before Pharaoh and say to him, the Lord tells you to let his people go so that they may serve Him. And if you will not let His people go He would send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon the people. Every house in Egypt will be affected unless you let His people go. Furthermore, says the Lord, Moses informed Pharaoh, "I will separate the land of Goshen where my people dwell, from the rest of Egypt, so that they will not be visited by the flies; and there shall be a clear division between my people and your people, so that you will have no doubt that I the Lord am responsible for the flies. Accordingly as per the word of the Lord, there came the next day, a huge swarm of flies in Pharaoh's house, and those of his servants and the whole land of Egypt was covered with flies. I can't speak for everyone; but as for me, flies are the filthiest and the most disgusting of pests on the earth. The thought of swarms of flies covering everything around the table and counter tops, the beds, the very food is undoubtedly most repulsive. I am aware even as I say this that there are, I have seen people who do not seem to mind flies swarming around. I remember going into certain bars in a certain European country and finding on many occasions the counters totally covered over with flies and feeding on the tapas placed there for customers, who would simply brush the flies away and eat apparently unperturbed; but I found the practice revolting. Even so there were not flies everywhere as was clearly the case of the visitation in Egypt at the time. Be that as it may, Pharaoh eventually decided that enough was enough, and he was prepared to let Israel go and worship. At first he wanted to limit the distance away they could go; but Moses would not agree; it has to be away from this place, from among your people Moses insisted; and eventually Pharaoh agreed, and cautioned him not to deal with him deceitfully a second time; and Pharaoh agreed not to and so. and Moses went off and petitioned God to remove the flies. Reply, Reply All or Forward | More