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Exodus 8 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:1 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:2 - But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:3 - the Nile shall swarm with frogs which shall come up into your house, and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:4 - the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants."'"
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come upon the land of Egypt!'"
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:6 - So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:7 - But the magicians did the same by their secret arts, and brought frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:8 - Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the LORD to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:9 - Moses said to Pharaoh, "Be pleased to command me when I am to entreat, for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile."
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:10 - And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:11 - The frogs shall depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they shall be left only in the Nile."
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:12 - So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:13 - And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; the frogs died out of the houses and courtyards and out of the fields.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:14 - And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:15 - But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.

The Plague of Insects

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:16 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there came gnats on man and beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - The magicians tried by their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:19 - And the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as the LORD had said.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:20 - Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and wait for Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:21 - Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:22 - But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there; that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:23 - Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be."'"
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - And the LORD did so; there came great 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 flies.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:25 - Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:26 - But Moses said, "It would not be right to do so; for we shall sacrifice to the LORD our God offerings abominable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:27 - We must go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he will command us."
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:28 - So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make entreaty for me."
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - Then Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you and I will pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal falsely again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:30 - So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:31 - And the LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:32 - But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.
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