Exodus 8
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1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
2 And if thou refuse to let them
go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
3 And the river shall bring forth
frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into
thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and
upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
4 And the frogs shall come up both
on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say
unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over
the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land
of Egypt.
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand
over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of
Egypt.
7 And the magicians did so with
their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and
Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from
me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do
sacrifice unto the LORD.
9 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?
10 And he said, To morrow. And he
said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there
is none like unto the LORD our God.
11 And the frogs shall depart from
thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people;
they shall remain in the river only.
12 And Moses and Aaron went out from
Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had
brought against Pharaoh.
13 And the LORD did according to the
word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages,
and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered them together
upon heaps: and the land stank.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there
was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the
LORD had said.
16 And the LORD said
unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the
land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so; for Aaron
stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and
it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And the magicians did so with
their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were
lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto
Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaohs heart was
hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
20 And the LORD said
unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he
cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my
people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon
thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of
the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground
whereon they are.
22 And I will sever in that day the
land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies
shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in
the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put a division between
my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
24 And the LORD did so; and there
came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into
his servants houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was
corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and
for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so
to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD
our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before
their eyes, and will they not stone us?
27 We will go three days journey
into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall
command us.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you
go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye
shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out
from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow:
but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go
to sacrifice to the LORD.
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh,
and intreated the LORD.
31 And the LORD did according to the
word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh,
from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at
this time also, neither would he let the people go.
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