And the LORD said unto Moses,
Say unto Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sciniphs, or Cinifs, Hebrew Cinnim, small flying insects, very troublesome both to men and beasts. (Challoner)
Like midges. (Origen, hom. 4.) Others think they were lice. (Bo chart) Pharao is not forewarned of this plague.