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2But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs.
3The Nile will swarm with frogs, and they will come up and go into your house, in your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading troughs.
4Frogs will come up against you, your people, and all your servants.”’”
5The
6So Aaron extended his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.
8Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the
9Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me – when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, for the frogs to be removed from you and your houses, so that they will be left only in the Nile?”
10He said, “Tomorrow.” And Moses said, “It will be as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the
11The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your servants, and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.”
12Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the
13The
14The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.
15But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the
The Third Blow: Gnats
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17They did so; Aaron extended his hand with his staff, he struck the dust of the ground, and it became gnats on people and on animals. All the dust of the ground became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.
18When the magicians attempted to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.
19The magicians said to Pharaoh, “It is the finger of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the
The Fourth Blow: Flies
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21If you do not release my people, then I am going to send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on.
22But on that day I will mark off the land of Goshen, where my people are staying, so that no swarms of flies will be there, that you may know that I am the
23I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.”’”
24The
25Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”
26But Moses said, “That would not be the right thing to do, for the sacrifices we make to the
27We must go on a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the
28Pharaoh said, “I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the
29Moses said, “I am going to go out from you and pray to the
30So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the
31and the
32But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not release the people.