Exodus:8

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* And the LORD spoke unto Moses : 'Go in unto Pharaoh , and say unto him : Thus saith the LORD : Let My people go , that they may serve Me . * And if thou refuse to let them go , behold , I will smite all thy borders with frogs . * And the river shall swarm with frogs , which shall go up and come into thy house , and into thy bed-chamber , and upon thy bed , and into the house of thy servants , and upon thy people , and into thine ovens , and into thy kneading-troughs . * And the frogs shall come up both upon thee , and upon thy people , and upon all thy servants .' * And the LORD said unto Moses : 'Say unto Aaron : Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers , over the canals , and over the pools , and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt .' * And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt ; and the frogs came up , and covered the land of Egypt . * And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts , and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt . * Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron , and said : 'Entreat the LORD , that He take away the frogs from me , and from my people ; and I will let the people go , that they may sacrifice unto the LORD .' * And Moses said unto Pharaoh : 'Have thou this glory over me ; against what time shall I entreat for thee , and for thy servants , and for thy people , that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses , and remain in the river only ?' * And he said : 'Against 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 . * 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 .' * And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh ; and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs , which He had brought upon Pharaoh . * And the LORD did according to the word of Moses ; and the frogs died out of the houses , out of the courts , and out of the fields . * And they gathered them together in heaps ; and the land stank . * But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite , he hardened his heart , and hearkened not unto them ; as the LORD had spoken . * And the LORD said unto Moses : 'Say unto Aaron : Stretch out thy rod , and smite the dust of the earth , that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt .' * And they did so ; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod , and smote the dust of the earth , and there were gnats upon man , and upon beast ; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt . * And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats , but they could not ; and there were gnats upon man , and upon beast . * 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 spoken . * 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 . * 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 . * And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen , in which My people dwell , that no swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth . * And I will put a division between My people and thy people--by to-morrow shall this sign be .' * And the LORD did so ; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh , and into his servants ' houses ; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies . * And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron , and said : 'Go ye , sacrifice to your God in the land .' * 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 , if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes , will they not stone us ? * We will go three days ' journey into the wilderness , and sacrifice to the LORD our God , as He shall command us .' * 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 .' * 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 , tomorrow ; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD .' * And Moses went out from Pharaoh , and entreated the LORD . * 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 . * And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also , and he did not let the people go .

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