Exod 8
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says YHWH, Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
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And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs:
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and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house,
and into your bedchamber, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants,
and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs:
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and the frogs shall come up both upon you, and upon your people, and upon all your
servants.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the
rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, 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 in like manner 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, Entreat YHWH, that he take away
the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may
sacrifice to YHWH.
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And Moses said to Pharaoh, Have you this glory over me: against what time shall I
entreat for you, and for your servants, and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed
from you and your houses, and remain in the river only?
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And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to your word; that you
may know that there is none like to YHWH our God.
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And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants,
and from your people; they shall remain in the river only.
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And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to YHWH concerning the
frogs which he had brought upon Pharaoh.
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And YHWH did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses,
out of the courts, and out of the fields.
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And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank.
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened
not to them, as YHWH had spoken.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and smite the dust of
the earth, that is may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
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And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust
of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth
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: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
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Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh`s heart
was hardened, and he hearkened not to them; as YHWH had spoken.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; behold,
he comes forth to the water; and say to him, Thus says YHWH, Let my people go, that
they may serve me.
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Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you,
and upon they servants, and upon your people, and into your 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 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 you may know that I am YHWH in the midst
of the earth.
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And I will put a division between my people and your people: by to-morrow shall this
sign be.
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And YHWH 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 corrupted
by reason of the swarms of flies.
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And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go you, 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 YHWH our God: behold, 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 YHWH our God,
as he shall command us.
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And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to YHWH your God in the
wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: entreat for me.
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And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will entreat YHWH that the swarms
of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow:
only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice
to YHWH.
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And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated YHWH.
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And YHWH 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 this time also, and he did not let the people go.