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So the LORD said to Moses : "
See ,
I have made you as God to Pharaoh ,
and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet .
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You shall speak all that I command you .
And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to 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 will not heed you ,
so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My 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 out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them ."
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Then Moses and Aaron did so ;
just as the LORD commanded them ,
so they did .
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And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh .
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron ,
saying ,
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When Pharaoh speaks to you ,
saying , "
Show a miracle for yourselves ,'
then you shall say to Aaron , "
Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh ,
and let it become a serpent ."'
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So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh ,
and they did so ,
just as the LORD commanded .
And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants ,
and it became a serpent .
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But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers ;
so the magicians of Egypt ,
they also did in like manner with their enchantments .
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For every man threw down his rod ,
and they became serpents .
But Aaron '
s rod swallowed up their rods .
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And Pharaoh '
s heart grew hard ,
and he did not heed them ,
as the LORD had said .
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So the LORD said to Moses : "
Pharaoh '
s heart is hard ;
he refuses to let the people go .
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Go to Pharaoh in the morning ,
when he goes out to the water ,
and you shall stand by the river '
s bank to meet him ;
and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand .
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And you shall say to him , "
The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you ,
saying , "
Let My people go ,
that they may serve Me in the wilderness ";
but indeed ,
until now you would not hear !
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Thus says the LORD : "
By this you shall know that I am the LORD .
Behold ,
I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand ,
and they shall be turned to blood .
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And the fish that are in the river shall die ,
the river shall stink ,
and the Egyptians will loathe to drink the water of the river .""'
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses , "
Say to Aaron , "
Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt ,
over their streams ,
over their rivers ,
over their ponds ,
and over all their pools of water ,
that they may become blood .
And there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt ,
both in buckets of wood and pitchers of stone ."'
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And Moses and Aaron did so ,
just as the LORD commanded .
So he lifted up the rod and struck 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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The fish that were in the river died ,
the river stank ,
and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river .
So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt .
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Then the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments ;
and Pharaoh '
s heart grew hard ,
and he did not heed them ,
as the LORD had said .
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And Pharaoh turned and went into his house .
Neither was his heart moved by this .
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So all the Egyptians dug all around the river for water to drink ,
because they could not drink the water of the river .
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And seven days passed after the LORD had struck the river .
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And the LORD spoke to Moses , "
Go to Pharaoh and say to him , "
Thus says the LORD : "
Let My people go ,
that they may serve Me .
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But if you refuse to let them go ,
behold ,
I will smite all your territory with frogs .
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So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly ,
which shall go up and come into your house ,
into your bedroom ,
on your bed ,
into the houses of your servants ,
on your people ,
into your ovens ,
and into your kneading bowls .
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And the frogs shall come up on you ,
on your people ,
and on all your servants .""'
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses , "
Say to Aaron , "
Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams ,
over the rivers ,
and over the ponds ,
and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt ."'
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So 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 on the land of Egypt .
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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 sacrifice to the LORD ."
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And Moses said to Pharaoh , "
Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you ,
for your servants ,
and for your people ,
to destroy the frogs from you and your houses ,
that they may remain in the river only ."
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So he said , "
Tomorrow ."
And he said , "
Let it be according to your word ,
that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God .
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And the frogs shall depart from you ,
from your houses ,
from your servants ,
and from your people .
They shall remain in the river only ."
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Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh .
And Moses cried out to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh .
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So the LORD did according to the word of Moses .
And the frogs died out of the houses ,
out of the courtyards ,
and out of the fields .
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They gathered them together in heaps ,
and the land stank .
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief ,
he hardened his heart and did not heed them ,
as the LORD had said .
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So the LORD said to Moses , "
Say to Aaron , "
Stretch out your rod ,
and strike the dust of the land ,
so 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 struck the dust of the earth ,
and it became lice on man and beast .
All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt .
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Now the magicians so worked with their enchantments to bring forth lice ,
but they could not .
So there were lice on man and beast .
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Then the magicians said to Pharaoh , "
This is the finger of God ."
But Pharaoh '
s heart grew hard ,
and he did not heed them ,
just as the LORD had said .
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water .
Then say to him , "
Thus says the LORD : "
Let My people go ,
that they may serve Me .
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Or else ,
if you will not let My people go ,
behold ,
I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants ,
on your people and into your houses .
The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies ,
and also the ground on which they stand .
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And in that day I will set apart the land of Goshen ,
in which My people dwell ,
that no swarms of flies shall be there ,
in order that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the land .
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I will make a difference between My people and your people .
Tomorrow this sign shall be .""'
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And the LORD did so .
Thick swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh ,
into his servants '
houses ,
and into all the land of Egypt .
The land was corrupted because of the swarms of flies .
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Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron ,
and said , "
Go ,
sacrifice to your God in the land ."
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And Moses said , "
It is not right to do so ,
for we would be sacrificing the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God .
If we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes ,
then 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 will command us ."
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So Pharaoh said , "
I will let you go ,
that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness ;
only you shall not go very far away .
Intercede for me ."
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Then Moses said , "
Indeed I am going out from you ,
and I will entreat the LORD ,
that the swarms of flies may depart tomorrow from Pharaoh ,
from his servants ,
and from his people .
But let Pharaoh not deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD ."
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So Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the LORD .
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And the LORD did according to the word of Moses ;
He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh ,
from his servants ,
and from his people .
Not one remained .
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But Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also ;
neither would he let the people go .
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Then the LORD said to Moses , "
Go in to Pharaoh and tell him , "
Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews : "
Let My people go ,
that they may serve Me .
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For if you refuse to let them go ,
and still hold them ,
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behold ,
the hand of the LORD will be on your cattle in the field ,
on the horses ,
on the donkeys ,
on the camels ,
on the oxen ,
and on the sheep--a very severe pestilence .
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And the LORD will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt .
So nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel .""'
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Then the LORD appointed a set time ,
saying , "
Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land ."
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So the LORD did this thing on the next day ,
and all the livestock of Egypt died ;
but of the livestock of the children of Israel ,
not one died .
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Then Pharaoh sent ,
and indeed ,
not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead .
But the heart of Pharaoh became hard ,
and he did not let the people go .
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So the LORD said to Moses and Aaron , "
Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace ,
and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh .
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And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt ,
and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt ."
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Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh ,
and Moses scattered them toward heaven .
And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast .
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And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils ,
for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians .
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But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh ;
and he did not heed them ,
just as the LORD had spoken to Moses .
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Then the LORD said to Moses , "
Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh ,
and say to him , "
Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews : "
Let My people go ,
that they may serve Me ,
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for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart ,
and on your servants and on your people ,
that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth .
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Now if I had stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence ,
then you would have been cut off from the earth .
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But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up ,
that I may show My power in you ,
and that My name may be declared in all the earth .
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As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go .
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Behold ,
tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down ,
such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now .
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Therefore send now and gather your livestock and all that you have in the field ,
for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home ;
and they shall die .""'
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He who feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses .
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But he who did not regard the word of the LORD left his servants and his livestock in the field .
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Then the LORD said to Moses , "
Stretch out your hand toward heaven ,
that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt--on man ,
on beast ,
and on every herb of the field ,
throughout the land of Egypt ."
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And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven ;
and the LORD sent thunder and hail ,
and fire darted to the ground .
And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt .
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So there was hail ,
and fire mingled with the hail ,
so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation .
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And the hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt ,
all that was in the field ,
both man and beast ;
and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field .
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Only in the land of Goshen ,
where the children of Israel were ,
there was no hail .
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And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron ,
and said to them , "
I have sinned this time .
The LORD is righteous ,
and my people and I are wicked .
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Entreat the LORD ,
that there may be no more mighty thundering and hail ,
for it is enough .
I will let you go ,
and you shall stay no longer ."
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So Moses said to him , "
As soon as I have gone out of the city ,
I will spread out my hands to the LORD ;
the thunder will cease ,
and there will be no more hail ,
that you may know that the earth is the LORD '
s .
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But as for you and your servants ,
I know that you will not yet fear the LORD God ."
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Now the flax and the barley were struck ,
for the barley was in the head and the flax was in bud .
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But the wheat and the spelt were not struck ,
for they are late crops .
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So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the LORD ;
then the thunder and the hail ceased ,
and the rain was not poured on the earth .
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And when Pharaoh saw that the rain ,
the hail ,
and the thunder had ceased ,
he sinned yet more ;
and he hardened his heart ,
he and his servants .
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So the heart of Pharaoh was hard ;
neither would he let the children of Israel go ,
as the LORD had spoken by Moses .
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Now the LORD said to Moses , "
Go in to Pharaoh ;
for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants ,
that I may show these signs of Mine before him ,
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and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son '
s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt ,
and My signs which I have done among them ,
that you may know that I am the LORD ."
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So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him , "
Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews : "
How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me ?
Let My people go ,
that they may serve Me .
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Or else ,
if you refuse to let My people go ,
behold ,
tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory .
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And they shall cover the face of the earth ,
so that no one will be able to see the earth ;
and they shall eat the residue of what is left ,
which remains to you from the hail ,
and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field .
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They shall fill your houses ,
the houses of all your servants ,
and the houses of all the Egyptians--which neither your fathers nor your fathers '
fathers have seen ,
since the day that they were on the earth to this day ."'
And he turned and went out from Pharaoh .
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Then Pharaoh '
s servants said to him , "
How long shall this man be a snare to us ?
Let the men go ,
that they may serve the LORD their God .
Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed ?"
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So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh ,
and he said to them , "
Go ,
serve the LORD your God .
Who are the ones that are going ?"
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And Moses said , "
We will go with our young and our old ;
with our sons and our daughters ,
with our flocks and our herds we will go ,
for we must hold a feast to the LORD ."
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Then he said to them , "
The LORD had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go !
Beware ,
for evil is ahead of you .
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Not so !
Go now ,
you who are men ,
and serve the LORD ,
for that is what you desired ."
And they were driven out from Pharaoh '
s presence .
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Then the LORD said to Moses , "
Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts ,
that they may come upon the land of Egypt ,
and eat every herb of the land--all that the hail has left ."
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So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt ,
and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night .
When it was morning ,
the east wind brought the locusts .
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And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt .
They were very severe ;
previously there had been no such locusts as they ,
nor shall there be such after them .
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For they covered the face of the whole earth ,
so that the land was darkened ;
and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left .
So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt .
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Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste ,
and said , "
I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you .
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Now therefore ,
please forgive my sin only this once ,
and entreat the LORD your God ,
that He may take away from me this death only ."
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So he went out from Pharaoh and entreated the LORD .
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And the LORD turned a very strong west wind ,
which took the locusts away and blew them into the Red Sea .
There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt .
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But the LORD hardened Pharaoh '
s heart ,
and he did not let the children of Israel go .
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Then the LORD said to Moses , "
Stretch out your hand toward heaven ,
that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt ,
darkness which may even be felt ."
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So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven ,
and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days .
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They did not see one another ;
nor did anyone rise from his place for three days .
But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings .
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Then Pharaoh called to Moses and said , "
Go ,
serve the LORD ;
only let your flocks and your herds be kept back .
Let your little ones also go with you ."
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But Moses said , "
You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings ,
that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God .
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Our livestock also shall go with us ;
not a hoof shall be left behind .
For we must take some of them to serve the LORD our God ,
and even we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there ."
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But the LORD hardened Pharaoh '
s heart ,
and he would not let them go .
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Then Pharaoh said to him , "
Get away from me !
Take heed to yourself and see my face no more !
For in the day you see my face you shall die !"
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So Moses said , "
You have spoken well .
I will never see your face again ."
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And the LORD said to Moses , "
I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt .
Afterward he will let you go from here .
When he lets you go ,
he will surely drive you out of here altogether .
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Speak now in the hearing of the people ,
and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor ,
articles of silver and articles of gold ."
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And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians .
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt ,
in the sight of Pharaoh '
s servants and in the sight of the people .
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Then Moses said , "
Thus says the LORD : "
About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt ;
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and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die ,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne ,
even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill ,
and all the firstborn of the animals .
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Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt ,
such as was not like it before ,
nor shall be like it again .
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But against none of the children of Israel shall a dog move its tongue ,
against man or beast ,
that you may know that the LORD does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel .'
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And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me ,
saying , "
Get out ,
and all the people who follow you !'
After that I will go out ."
Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger .
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But the LORD said to Moses , "
Pharaoh will not heed you ,
so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt ."
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So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh ;
and the LORD hardened Pharaoh '
s heart ,
and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land .
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Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt ,
saying ,