Dual Panel1Then the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go <0935> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547> and tell <0559> him, ‘Thus <03541> says <0559> the Lord <03068>: “Release <07971> my people <05971> in order that they may serve <05647> me!
2But if <0518> you <0859> refuse <03986> to release <07971> them, then I <0595> am going to plague <05062> all <03605> your territory <01366> with frogs <06854>.
3The Nile <02975> will swarm <08317> with frogs <06854>, and they will come up <05927> and go into <0935> your house <01004>, in your bedroom <04904> <02315>, and on <05921> your bed <04296>, and into the houses <01004> of your servants <05650> and your people <05971>, and into your ovens <08574> and your kneading troughs <04863>.
4Frogs <06854> will come up <05927> against you, your people <05971>, and all <03605> your servants <05650>.”’”
5The Lord <03068> spoke <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Tell <0559> Aaron <0175>, ‘Extend <05186> your hand <03027> with your staff <04294> over <05921> the rivers <05104>, over <05921> the canals <02975>, and over <05921> the ponds <098>, and bring <05927> the frogs <06854> up <05927> over <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.’”
6So Aaron <0175> extended <05186> his hand <03027> over <05921> the waters <04325> of Egypt <04714>, and frogs <06854> came up <05927> and covered <03680> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
7The magicians <02748> did <06213> the same <03651> with their secret arts <03909> and brought up <05927> frogs <06854> on <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> too.
8Then Pharaoh <06547> summoned <07121> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> and said <0559>, “Pray <06279> to <0413> the Lord <03068> that he may take <05493> the frogs <06854> away <05493> from <04480> me and my people <05971>, and I will release <07971> the people <05971> that they may sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068>.”
9Moses <04872> said <0559> to Pharaoh <06547>, “You may have the honor <06286> over <05921> me– when <04970> shall I pray <06279> for you, your servants <05650>, and your people <05971>, for the frogs <06854> to be removed <03772> from <04480> you and your houses <01004>, so that they will be left <07604> only <07535> in the Nile <02975>?”
10He said <0559>, “Tomorrow <04279>.” And Moses said <0559>, “It will be as you say <01697>, so that <04616> you may know <03045> that <03588> there is no one <0369> like the Lord <03068> our God <0430>.
11The frogs <06854> will depart <05493> from <04480> you, your houses <01004>, your servants <05650>, and your people <05971>; they will be left <07604> only <07535> in the Nile <02975>.”
12Then Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> went out <03318> from <05973> Pharaoh <06547>, and Moses <04872> cried <06817> to <0413> the Lord <03068> because of <01697> <05921> the frogs <06854> that <0834> he had brought <07760> on Pharaoh <06547>.
13The Lord <03068> did <06213> as Moses <04872> asked <01697>– the frogs <06854> died <04191> out of <04480> the houses <01004>, the villages <02691>, and the fields <07704>.
14The Egyptians piled <06651> them in countless heaps <02563> <02563>, and the land <0776> stank <0887>.
15But when Pharaoh <06547> saw <07200> that <03588> there was <01961> relief <07309>, he hardened <03513> his heart <03820> and did not <03808> listen <08085> to <0413> them, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had predicted <01696>.
16The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Tell <0559> Aaron <0175>, ‘Extend <05186> your staff <04294> and strike <05221> the dust <06083> of the ground <0776>, and it will become <01961> gnats <03654> throughout all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.’”
17They did <06213> so <03651>; Aaron <0175> extended <05186> his hand <03027> with his staff <04294>, he struck <05221> the dust <06083> of the ground <0776>, and it became <01961> gnats <03654> on people <0120> and on animals <0929>. All <03605> the dust <06083> of the ground <0776> became <01961> gnats <03654> throughout all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
18When the magicians <02748> attempted <06213> to bring forth <03318> gnats <03654> by their secret arts <03909>, they could <03201> not <03808>. So there were <01961> gnats <03654> on people <0120> and on animals <0929>.
19The magicians <02748> said <0559> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547>, “It <01931> is the finger <0676> of God <0430>!” But Pharaoh’s <06547> heart <03820> remained hard <02388>, and he did not <03808> listen <08085> to <0413> them, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had predicted <01696>.
20The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Get up early <07925> in the morning <01242> and position <03320> yourself before <06440> Pharaoh <06547> as he goes out <03318> to the water <04325>, and tell <0559> him, ‘Thus <03541> says <0559> the Lord <03068>, “Release <07971> my people <05971> that they may serve <05647> me!
21If <0518> you do not <0369> release <07971> my people <05971>, then I am going to send <07971> swarms of flies <06157> on you and on your servants <05650> and on your people <05971> and in your houses <01004>. The houses <01004> of the Egyptians <04713> will be full <04390> of flies <06157>, and even <01571> the ground <0127> they <01992> stand on <05921>.
22But on that day <03117> I will mark off <06395> the land <0776> of Goshen <01657>, where <0834> my people <05971> are staying <05975>, so that no swarms of flies <06157> will be <01961> there <08033>, that <04616> you may know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068> in the midst <07130> of this land <0776>.
23I will put <07760> a division <06304> between <0996> my people <05971> and your people <05971>. This <02088> sign <0226> will take place tomorrow <04279>.”’”
24The Lord <03068> did <06213> so <03651>; a thick <03515> swarm of flies <06157> came <0935> into Pharaoh’s <06547> house <01004> and into the houses <01004> of his servants <05650>, and throughout the whole <03605> land <0776> of Egypt <04714> the land <0776> was ruined <07843> because of <06440> the swarms of flies <06157>.
25Then Pharaoh <06547> summoned <0413> <07121> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> and said <0559>, “Go <01980>, sacrifice <02076> to your God <0430> within the land <0776>.”
26But Moses <04872> said <0559>, “That would not <03808> be the right <03559> thing to do <06213>, for <03588> the sacrifices <02076> we make to the Lord <03068> our God <0430> would be an abomination <08441> to the Egyptians <04713>. If <02005> we make sacrifices <02076> that are an abomination <08441> to the Egyptians <04713> right before their eyes <05869>, will they not <03808> stone <05619> us?
27We must go <01980> on a three-day <03117> <07969> journey <01870> into the desert <04057> and sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068> our God <0430>, just as <0834> he is telling <0559> us.”
28Pharaoh <06547> said <0559>, “I <0595> will release <07971> you so that you may sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068> your God <0430> in the desert <04057>. Only <07535> you must not <03808> go <01980> very far <07368>. Do pray <06279> for <01157> me.”
29Moses <04872> said <0559>, “I <0595> am going to go out <03318> from <05973> you and pray <06279> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, and the swarms of flies <06157> will go away <05493> from Pharaoh <06547>, from his servants <05650>, and from his people <05971> tomorrow <04279>. Only <07535> do not <0408> let Pharaoh <06547> deal falsely <02048> again <03254> by not <01115> releasing <07971> the people <05971> to sacrifice <02076> to the Lord <03068>.”
30So Moses <04872> went out <03318> from Pharaoh <06547> and prayed <06279> to <0413> the Lord <03068>,
31and the Lord <03068> did <06213> as Moses <04872> asked <01697>– he removed <05493> the swarms of flies <06157> from Pharaoh <06547>, from his servants <05650>, and from his people <05971>. Not <03808> one <0259> remained <07604>!
32But Pharaoh <06547> hardened <03513> his heart <03820> this <02063> time <06471> also <01571> and did not <03808> release <07971> the people <05971>.