Exod 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.
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And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.
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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.
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And the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy
servants.'
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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.'
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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 secret arts, and brought up frogs
upon the land of Egypt.
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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.'
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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?'
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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.
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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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And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning
the frogs, which He had brought upon Pharaoh.
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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.
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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 unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
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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.'
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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 gnats upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth
became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 that thou mayest know that I am the
LORD in the midst of the earth.
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And I will put a division between My people and thy people--by to-morrow shall this
sign be.'
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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.
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And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said: 'Go ye, 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 the LORD our God; lo, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians
before their eyes, 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 shall command us.'
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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.'
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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.'
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And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
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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.
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And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.