1 | And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus
saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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2 | And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders
with frogs:
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3 | And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and
come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the
house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
kneadingtroughs:
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4 | And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all
thy servants.
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5 | And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand
with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause
frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
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6 | And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs
came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
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7 | And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon
the land of Egypt.
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8 | Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord, that
he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the
people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord.
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9 | And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee,
and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and
thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
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10 | And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that
thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.
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11 | And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy
servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
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12 | And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord
because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
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13 | And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of
the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
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14 | And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
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15 | But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and
hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
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16 | And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and
smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of
Egypt.
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17 | And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote
the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of
the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
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18 | And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but
they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
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19 | Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had
said.
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20 | And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith
the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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21 | Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of
flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy
houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and
also the ground whereon they are.
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22 | And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell,
that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I
am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
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23 | And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow
shall this sign be.
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24 | And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the
house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of
Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
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25 | And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to
your God in the land.
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26 | And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the
abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
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27 | We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the
Lord our God, as he shall command us.
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28 | And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord
your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
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29 | And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord
that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from
his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not
letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
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30 | And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.
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31 | And the Lord 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.
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32 | And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the
people go.
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