Feb.
27
Exodus
8
Exo
8:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This
is what Yahweh says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exo
8:2 If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your
borders with frogs:
Exo
8:3 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come
into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into
the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens,
and into your kneading troughs:
Exo
8:4 and the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and
on all your servants.' "
Exo
8:5 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch forth your hand
with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools,
and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.' "
Exo
8:6 Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the
frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
Exo
8:7 The magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and
brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
Exo
8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat
Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and
I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
Exo
8:9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the
time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your
people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and
remain in the river only."
Exo
8:10 He said, "Tomorrow." He said, "Be it according
to your word, that you may know that there is none like Yahweh our
God.
Exo
8:11 The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from
your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river
only."
Exo
8:12 Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to
Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh.
Exo
8:13 Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died
out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields.
Exo
8:14 They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
Exo
8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his
heart, and didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
Exo
8:16 Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your rod,
and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.' "
Exo
8:17 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and
struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man, and on
animal; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land
of Egypt.
Exo
8:18 The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth
lice, but they couldn't. There were lice on man, and on animal.
Exo
8:19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of
God:" and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen to
them; as Yahweh had spoken.
Exo
8:20 Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell
him, 'This is what Yahweh says, "Let my people go, that they may
serve me.
Exo
8:21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send
swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and
into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of
swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
Exo
8:22 I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my
people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you
may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth.
Exo
8:23 I will put a division between my people and your people: by
tomorrow shall this sign be." ' "
Exo
8:24 Yahweh did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the
house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land
of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
Exo
8:25 Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go,
sacrifice to your God in the land!"
Exo
8:26 Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold,
shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their
eyes, and won't they stone us?
Exo
8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and
sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."
Exo
8:28 Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice
to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far
away. Pray for me."
Exo
8:29 Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to
Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to
Yahweh."
Exo
8:30 Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
Exo
8:31 Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people.
There remained not one.
Exo
8:32 Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let
the people go.