Exo 8:16-17 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said to Moses , Say to Aaron , Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth , so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt .

‏ Exodus 8:16-17

The Third Plague: Gnats

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ^a‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’” 17 And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and ^bthere were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt.