And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
The magicians couldn't even stand in front of Moses because of the painful sores covering their bodies. The boils had broken out on the magicians and on all the Egyptian people.
This verse shows that even Pharaoh's most powerful advisors were helpless against God's judgment, proving that God's power is greater than any human magic or authority.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during the sixth plague God sent upon Egypt when Moses was demanding Pharaoh release the Israelites from slavery. The Egyptian magicians had previously been able to duplicate some of Moses' earlier miracles, but now they were so afflicted with painful boils that they couldn't even appear before Pharaoh to compete with Moses.
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