English: It was taught: Pharaoh initiated the counsel first, as shown by “and he said to his people”; therefore he was struck first, as the plague of frogs was said to come upon him and his people.
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Type of Learning
Custom — narrative sequence and measure-for-measure.
What Is Learned
Chazal teach that the one who opens the counsel of harm is the first to suffer the corresponding punishment.