EX-8:1 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.
EX-8:2 And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will
smite all thy
borders with frogs:
EX-8:3 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:
EX-8:4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy
people, and
upon all thy servants.
EX-8:5 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.
EX-8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of
Egypt; and the
frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
EX-8:7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and
brought up frogs
upon the land of Egypt.
EX-8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said,
Entreat 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.
EX-8:9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I
entreat 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?
EX-8:10 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.
EX-8:11 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.
EX-8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses
cried unto the
LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
EX-8:13 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.
EX-8:14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the
land stank.
EX-8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he
hardened his heart,
and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
EX-8:16 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.
EX-8:17 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.
EX-8:18 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.
EX-8:19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] the
finger of God:
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them;
as the LORD
had said.
EX-8:20 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.
EX-8:21 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].
EX-8:22 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.
EX-8:23 And I will put a division between my people and thy
people: to morrow
shall this sign be.
EX-8:24 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].
EX-8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said,
Go ye,
sacrifice to your God in the land.
EX-8:26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall
sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they
not stone us?
EX-8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and
sacrifice to
the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
EX-8:28 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: entreat
for me.
EX-8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will
entreat 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.
EX-8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
EX-8:31 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.
EX-8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also,
neither would he
let the people go.
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