Verse 35
spoken . Compare Exodus 4:2 .
by Moses . Lit, by the hand of Moses. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct): hand being put for instrumentality.
The eighth plague was directed against the god Serapis, who was supposed to protect the land from locusts. They came at Moses' bidding, and retired only at his bidding. Thus the impotence of Serapis was manifest.
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