| Chapter 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. |
| 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. |
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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, 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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 14 | And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
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| 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 Pharaoh's 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. |
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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? |
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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: entreat for me. |
| 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. |
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30 | And Moses went out from
Pharaoh, and entreated 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. |
