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#223: Why Did God Send a Plague of Frogs?

#223: Why Did God Send a Plague of Frogs?

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Blue poison dart frogs (Dendrobates Azureus). Photo credit: Cliff via Wikimedia Commons, CCA-2.0

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Why did God send the Egyptians a plague of frogs? I’ll offer you three answers.

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One answer to the question comes from Shemot Rabbah, a collection of midrashim that dates to about the tenth or …

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