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| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. | 1Then 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. |
| 2If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. | 2But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with frogs. |
| 3The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. | 3The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls. |
| 4The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.'" | 4The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’” |
| 5Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'" | 5And the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!’” |
| 6So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land. | 6So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. |
| 7But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt. | 7But the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt. |
| 8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD." | 8Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Plead with 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.” |
| 9Moses said to Pharaoh, "I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile." | 9Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile.” |
| 10"Tomorrow," Pharaoh said. Moses replied, "It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God. | 10And he said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God. |
| 11The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile." | 11The frogs shall go away from you and your houses and your servants and your people. They shall be left only in the Nile.” |
| 12After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. | 12So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD about the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh. |
| 13And the LORD did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. | 13And the LORD did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields. |
| 14They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. | 14And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. |
| 15But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. | 15But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. |
| 16Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,' and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats." | 16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’” |
| 17They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. | 17And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt. |
| 18But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, | 18The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast. |
| 19the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the LORD had said. | 19Then 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. |
| 20Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. | 20Then the LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and present yourself to 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. |
| 21If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them. | 21Or 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. |
| 22"'But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land. | 22But 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. |
| 23I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.'" | 23Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen.”’” |
| 24And the LORD did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies. | 24And the LORD did so. There came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants’ houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by the swarms of flies. |
| 25Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land." | 25Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” |
| 26But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? | 26But Moses said, “It would not be right to do so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the LORD our God are an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? |
| 27We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, as he commands us." | 27We must go three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he tells us.” |
| 28Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me." | 28So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you must not go very far away. Plead for me.” |
| 29Moses answered, "As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD." | 29Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you and I will plead with the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh cheat again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.” |
| 30Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD, | 30So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD. |
| 31and the LORD did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. | 31And the LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained. |
| 32But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go. | 32But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go. |
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