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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.
02 And if thou refuse to let them go,
behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
03 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:
04 And the frogs shall come up both on
thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy
servants.
05 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.
06 And Aaron stretched out his hand over
the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and
covered the land of Egypt.
07 And the magicians did so with their
enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land
of Egypt.
08 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.
09 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?
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.
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.
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.
14 And they gathered them together upon
heaps: and the land stank.
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.
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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.
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?
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:
intreat for me.
29 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.
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and
intreated 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.
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