Exodus Chapter 8

Exodus Chapter 8
1 Afterward the Lord said unto Moses,
Go unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus
saith the Lord, Let my people go, that
they may serve me:
2 And if thou wilt not let them go,
behold, I will smite all thy country with
frogs: 3 And the river shall scrawl full
of frogs, which shall go up and come
into thine house, and into thy chamber,
where thou sleepest, and upon thy bed,
and into the house of thy servants, and
upon thy people, and into thine ovens,
and into thy kneading troughs.
4 Yea, the frogs shall climb up upon
thee, and on thy people, and upon all thy
servants.
5 Also the Lord said unto Moses, Say
thou unto Aaron, Stretch thine hand with
thy rod upon the streams, upon the
rivers, and upon the ponds, and cause
frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.
6 Then Aaron stretched his hand upon
the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came
up, and covered the land of Egypt.
7 And the sorcerers did likewise with
their sorceries, and brought frogs up
upon the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and
Aaron, and said, Pray ye unto 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.
9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, As
concerning me, even command when I
shall pray for thee, and for thy servants,
and for thy people, to destroy the frogs
from thee and from thine houses, that
they may remain in the river only. 10
Then he said, Tomorrow. And he
answered, Be it as thou hast said, that
thou mayest know, that there is none like
unto the Lord our God. 11 So the frogs
shall depart from thee, and from thine
houses, and from thy servants, and from
thy people: only they shall remain in the
river. 12 Then Moses and Aaron went
out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto
the Lord concerning the frogs, which he
had sent unto Pharaoh.
13 And the Lord did according to the
saying of Moses: so the frogs died in the
houses, in the towns, and in the fields.
14 And they gathered them together by
heaps, and the land stank of them. 15 But
when Pharaoh saw that he had rest given
him, he hardened his heart, and
hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had
said.
16 Again the Lord said unto Moses, Say
unto Aaron, Stretch out the rod, and
smite the dust of the earth, that it may be
turned to lice throughout all the land of
Egypt.
17 And they did so: for Aaron stretched
out his hand with his rod, and smote the
dust of the earth: and lice came upon
man and upon beast: all the dust of the
earth was lice throughout all the land of
Egypt.
18 Now the enchanters assayed likewise
with their enchantments to bring forth
lice, but they could not. So the lice were
upon man and upon beast. 19 Then said
the enchanters unto Pharaoh, This is the
finger of God. But Pharaoh’s heart
remained obstinate, and he hearkened
not unto them, as the Lord had said.
20 Moreover the Lord said to Moses,
Rise up early in the morning, and stand
before Pharaoh (lo, he will come forth
unto the water) and say unto him, Thus
saith the Lord, Let my people go, that
they may serve me.
21 Else if thou wilt not let my people go,
behold, I will send swarms of flies both
upon thee, and upon thy servants, and
upon thy people, and into thine houses:
and the houses of the Egyptians shall be
full of swarms of flies, and the ground
also whereon they are.
22 But the land of Goshen, where my
people are, will I cause to be wonderful
in that day, so that no swarms of flies
shall be there, that thou mayest know that
I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will make a deliverance of my
people from thy people: tomorrow shall
this miracle be.
24 And the Lord did so: for there came
great swarms of flies into the house of
Pharaoh, and into his servant’s houses,
so that through all the land of Egypt the
earth was corrupt by the swarms of flies.
25 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and
Aaron, and said, Go, do sacrifice unto
your God in this land.
26 But Moses answered, It is not meet to
do so: for then we should offer unto the
Lord our God that, which is an
abomination unto the Egyptians. Lo, can
we sacrifice the abomination of the
Egyptians before their eyes, and they not
stone us?
27 Let us go three days journey in the
desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our
God, as he hath commanded us.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go,
that ye may sacrifice unto the Lord your
God in the wilderness: but go not far
away, pray for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I will go
out from thee, and pray unto the Lord,
that the swarms of flies may depart from
Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his
people tomorrow: but let Pharaoh from
henceforth deceive no more, in not
suffering the people to sacrifice unto the
Lord.
30 So Moses went out from Pharaoh and
prayed unto the Lord.
31 And the Lord did according to the
saying of Moses, and the swarms of flies
departed from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, and there
remained not one.
32 Yet Pharaoh hardened his heart even
then also, and did not let the people go.