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Verse 1

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Go{H935} in unto Pharaoh,{H6547} and say{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Let my people{H5971} go,{H7971} that they may serve{H5647} me.

Verse 2

And if thou refuse{H3986} to let them go,{H7971} behold, I will smite{H5062} all thy borders{H1366} with frogs:{H6854}

Verse 3

and the river{H2975} shall swarm{H8317} with{H8317} frogs,{H6854} which shall go up{H5927} and come{H935} into thy house,{H1004} and into thy bedchamber,{H2315} and upon thy bed,{H4296} and into the house{H1004} of thy servants,{H5650} and upon thy people,{H5971} and into thine ovens,{H8574} and into thy kneading-troughs:{H4863}

Verse 4

and the frogs{H6854} shall come up{H5927} both upon thee, and upon thy people,{H5971} and upon all thy servants.{H5650}

Verse 5

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Say{H559} unto Aaron,{H175} Stretch forth{H5186} thy hand{H3027} with thy rod{H4294} over the rivers,{H2975} over the streams,{H5104} and over the pools,{H98} and cause frogs{H6854} to come up{H5927} upon the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 6

And Aaron{H175} stretched out{H5186} his hand{H3027} over the waters{H4325} of Egypt;{H4714} and the frogs{H6854} came up,{H5927} and covered{H3680} the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 7

And the magicians{H2748} did{H6213} in like manner with their enchantments,{H3909} and brought up{H5927} frogs{H6854} upon the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 8

Then Pharaoh{H6547} called{H7121} for Moses{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} and said,{H559} Entreat{H6279} Jehovah,{H3068} that he take away{H5493} the frogs{H6854} from me, and from my people;{H5971} and I will let the people{H5971} go,{H7971} that they may sacrifice{H2076} unto Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 9

And Moses{H4872} said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} Have thou this glory{H6286} over me: against what time{H4970} shall I entreat{H6279} for thee, and for thy servants,{H5650} and for thy people,{H5971} that the frogs{H6854} be destroyed{H3772} from thee and thy houses,{H1004} and remain{H7604} in the river{H2975} only?

Verse 10

And he said,{H559} Against to-morrow.{H4279} And he said,{H559} Be it according to thy word;{H1697} that thou mayest know{H3045} that there is none like unto Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430}

Verse 11

And the frogs{H6854} shall depart{H5493} from thee, and from thy houses,{H1004} and from thy servants,{H5650} and from thy people;{H5971} they shall remain{H7604} in the river{H2975} only.

Verse 12

And Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} went out{H3318} from Pharaoh:{H6547} and Moses{H4872} cried{H6817} unto Jehovah{H3068} concerning the{H1697} frogs{H6854} which he had brought{H7760} upon Pharaoh.{H6547}

Verse 13

And Jehovah{H3068} did{H6213} according to the word{H1697} of Moses;{H4872} and the frogs{H6854} died{H4191} out of the houses,{H1004} out of the courts, and out of the fields.{H7704}

Verse 14

And they gathered them together{H6651} in heaps;{H2563} and the land{H776} stank.{H887}

Verse 15

But when Pharaoh{H6547} saw{H7200} that there was respite,{H7309} he hardened{H3513} his heart,{H3820} and hearkened{H8085} not unto them; as Jehovah{H3068} had spoken.{H1696}

Verse 16

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Say{H559} unto Aaron,{H175} Stretch out{H5186} thy rod,{H4294} and smite{H5221} the dust{H6083} of the earth,{H776} that it may become lice{H3654} throughout all the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 17

And they did{H6213} so; and Aaron{H175} stretched out{H5186} his hand{H3027} with his rod,{H4294} and smote{H5221} the dust{H6083} of the earth,{H776} and there were lice{H3654} upon man,{H120} and upon beast;{H929} all the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} became lice{H3654} throughout all the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 18

And the magicians{H2748} did{H6213} so with their enchantments{H3909} to bring forth{H3318} lice,{H3654} but they could{H3201} not: and there were lice{H3654} upon man,{H120} and upon beast.{H929}

Verse 19

Then the magicians{H2748} said{H559} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} This is the finger{H676} of God:{H430} and Pharaoh's{H6547} heart{H3820} was hardened,{H2388} and he hearkened{H8085} not unto them; as Jehovah{H3068} had spoken.{H1696}

Verse 20

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Rise up early{H7925} in the morning,{H1242} and stand{H3320} before{H6440} Pharaoh;{H6547} lo, he cometh forth{H3318} to the water;{H4325} and say{H559} unto him, Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Let my people{H5971} go,{H7971} that they may serve{H5647} me.

Verse 21

Else, if thou wilt not let my people{H5971} go,{H7971} behold, I will send{H7971} swarms{H6157} of flies upon thee, and upon they servants,{H5650} and upon thy people,{H5971} and into thy houses:{H1004} and the houses{H1004} of the Egyptians{H4714} shall be full{H4390} of swarms{H6157} of flies, and also the ground{H127} whereon they are.

Verse 22

And I will set apart{H6395} in that day{H3117} the land{H776} of Goshen,{H1657} in which my people{H5971} dwell,{H5975} that no{H1115} swarms{H6157} of flies shall be{H1961} there; to the end{H4616} thou mayest know{H3045} that I am Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of the earth.{H776}

Verse 23

And I will put{H7760} a division{H6304} between my people{H5971} and thy people:{H5971} by to-morrow{H4279} shall this sign{H226} be.

Verse 24

And Jehovah{H3068} did{H6213} so; and there came{H935} grievous{H3515} swarms{H6157} of flies into the house{H1004} of Pharaoh,{H6547} and into his servants'{H5650} houses:{H1004} and in all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} the land{H776} was corrupted{H7843} by reason{H6440} of the swarms{H6157} of flies.

Verse 25

And Pharaoh{H6547} called{H7121} for{H413} Moses{H4872} and for Aaron,{H175} and said,{H559} Go{H3212} ye, sacrifice{H2076} to your God{H430} in the land.{H776}

Verse 26

And Moses{H4872} said,{H559} It is not meet{H3559} so to do;{H6213} for{H2005} we shall sacrifice{H2076} the abomination{H8441} of the Egyptians{H4714} to Jehovah{H3068} our God:{H430} lo, shall we sacrifice{H2076} the abomination{H8441} of the Egyptians{H4714} before their eyes,{H5869} and will they not stone{H5619} us?

Verse 27

We will go{H3212} three{H7969} days'{H3117} journey{H1870} into the wilderness,{H4057} and sacrifice{H2076} to Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} as he shall command{H559} us.

Verse 28

And Pharaoh{H6547} said,{H559} I will let you go,{H7971} that ye may sacrifice{H2076} to Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} in the wilderness;{H4057} only ye shall not go{H3212} very{H7368} far away:{H7368} entreat{H6279} for me.{H1157}

Verse 29

And Moses{H4872} said,{H559} Behold, I go out{H3318} from thee, and I will entreat{H6279} Jehovah{H3068} that the swarms{H6157} of flies may depart{H5493} from Pharaoh,{H6547} from his servants,{H5650} and from his people,{H5971} to-morrow:{H4279} only{H7535} let not Pharaoh{H6547} deal deceitfully{H2048} any more{H3254} in not{H1115} letting the people{H5971} go{H7971} to sacrifice{H2076} to Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 30

And Moses{H4872} went out{H3318} from Pharaoh,{H6547} and entreated{H6279} Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 31

And Jehovah{H3068} did{H6213} according to the word{H1697} of Moses;{H4872} and he removed{H5493} the swarms{H6157} of flies from Pharaoh,{H6547} from his servants,{H5650} and from his people;{H5971} there remained{H7604} not one.{H259}

Verse 32

And Pharaoh{H6547} hardened{H3513} his heart{H3820} this time{H6471} also, and he did not let the people{H5971} go.{H7971}

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