Exodus:7-8
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
See ,
I have made thee a god to Pharaoh :
and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet .
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Thou shalt speak all that I command thee :
and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh ,
that he send the children of Israel out of his land .
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And I will harden Pharaoh '
s heart ,
and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt .
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But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you ,
that I may lay my hand upon Egypt ,
and bring forth mine armies ,
and my people the children of Israel ,
out of the land of Egypt by great judgments .
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And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt ,
and bring out the children of Israel from among them .
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And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them ,
so did they .
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And Moses was fourscore years old ,
and Aaron fourscore and three years old ,
when they spake unto Pharaoh .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron ,
saying ,
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When Pharaoh shall speak unto you ,
saying ,
Shew a miracle for you :
then thou shalt say unto Aaron ,
Take thy rod ,
and cast it before Pharaoh ,
and it shall become a serpent .
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And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh ,
and they did so as the LORD had commanded :
and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh ,
and before his servants ,
and it became a serpent .
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Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers :
now the magicians of Egypt ,
they also did in like manner with their enchantments .
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For they cast down every man his rod ,
and they became serpents :
but Aaron '
s rod swallowed up their rods .
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And he hardened Pharaoh '
s heart ,
that he hearkened not unto them ;
as the LORD had said .
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
Pharaoh '
s heart is hardened ,
he refuseth to let the people go .
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Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning ;
lo ,
he goeth out unto the water ;
and thou shalt stand by the river '
s brink against he come ;
and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand .
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And thou shalt say unto him ,
The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee ,
saying ,
Let my people go ,
that they may serve me in the wilderness :
and ,
behold ,
hitherto thou wouldest not hear .
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Thus saith the LORD ,
In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD :
behold ,
I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river ,
and they shall be turned to blood .
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And the fish that is in the river shall die ,
and the river shall stink ;
and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
Say unto Aaron ,
Take thy rod ,
and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt ,
upon their streams ,
upon their rivers ,
and upon their ponds ,
and upon all their pools of water ,
that they may become blood ;
and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt ,
both in vessels of wood ,
and in vessels of stone .
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And Moses and Aaron did so ,
as the LORD commanded ;
and he lifted up the rod ,
and smote the waters that were in the river ,
in the sight of Pharaoh ,
and in the sight of his servants ;
and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood .
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And the fish that was in the river died ;
and the river stank ,
and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river ;
and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt .
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And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments :
and Pharaoh '
s heart was hardened ,
neither did he hearken unto them ;
as the LORD had said .
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And Pharaoh turned and went into his house ,
neither did he set his heart to this also .
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And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink ;
for they could not drink of the water of the river .
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And seven days were fulfilled ,
after that the LORD had smitten the river .
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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 .
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And if thou refuse to let them go ,
behold ,
I will smite all thy borders with frogs :
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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 :
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And the frogs shall come up both on thee ,
and upon thy people ,
and upon all thy servants .
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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 .
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And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt ;
and the frogs came up ,
and covered the land of Egypt .
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And the magicians did so with their enchantments ,
and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh :
and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh .
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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 .
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And they gathered them together upon heaps :
and the land stank .
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite ,
he hardened his heart ,
and hearkened not unto them ;
as the LORD had said .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And I will put a division between my people and thy people :
to morrow shall this sign be .
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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 .
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And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron ,
and said ,
Go ye ,
sacrifice to your God in the land .
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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 ?
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We will go three days '
journey into the wilderness ,
and sacrifice to the LORD our God ,
as he shall command us .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Moses went out from Pharaoh ,
and intreated the LORD .
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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 .
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And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also ,
neither would he let the people go .
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Then the LORD said unto Moses ,
Go in unto Pharaoh ,
and tell him ,
Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews ,
Let my people go ,
that they may serve me .