“And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?”
Moses said to Pharaoh: I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile. Moses gives Pharaoh the extraordinary courtesy of setting the time — you choose when. This is not manipulation; it is evidence that Moses is not working by his own schedule or power. He is inviting Pharaoh to test the prayer, to choose the moment, to see that the result is not coincidence. The framing anticipates the answer before it is given: the frogs will leave on the appointed time, which can only mean that the God Moses prays to controls them. Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18:24 follows similar logic: let the God who answers by fire be the God. Moses is giving Pharaoh the same evidentiary structure.
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