KJV ORIGINAL
And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
They piled the dead frogs together in huge heaps, and the whole land smelled terrible.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes the aftermath of God's plague of frogs on Egypt - when the frogs died, their rotting bodies created a horrible stench across the land.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during the second of the ten plagues God sent upon Egypt to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery. After Moses prayed, God caused all the frogs that had invaded Egypt to die at once. The Egyptians had to gather the countless dead frogs into piles, creating a nauseating smell that permeated the entire land.
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