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          DASV: Exodus 8    

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh,
and tell him, 'This is what the LORD says, "Let my
people go, that they may worship me.
2 But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague
your entire country with frogs.
3 The Nile river will swarm with frogs, and they will
come up and go into your house, your bedroom and even on
your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your
people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.
4 The frogs will come up on you, your people and on all
your servants."'"

5 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your
hand with your staff over the rivers, canals and pools,
and make the frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'"
6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt;
and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7 But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts
and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, and said, "Plead with
the LORD that he take away the frogs from me and my people,
and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD."
9 Moses said to Pharaoh, "You have the honor to tell me:
when I should pray for you, your servants and your people,
that the frogs may be destroyed from you and your houses
and stay only in the Nile?"
10 Then he said, "Tomorrow." Moses replied, "It will be exactly
as you have said, that you may know that there is none like
the LORD our God.
11 The frogs will leave you, your houses, your servants and
your people. They will stay only in the Nile."

12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. Moses cried out
to the LORD concerning the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.
13 The LORD did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died
in the houses, the courts and the fields.
14 They gathered them together into heaps and the land stank.

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his
heart and would not listen to them, just as the LORD had predicted.
16 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your
staff and strike the dust of the ground, so that it may become
gnats throughout the land of Egypt.'"
17 So they did it. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff,
and struck the dust of the ground, and there were gnats on both
man and animals. All the dust of the ground became gnats
throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 The magicians tried with their secret arts to produce gnats,
but they could not. So there were gnats on both man and animals.

19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God."
But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them;
just as the LORD had predicted.

20 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and
stand before Pharaoh as he comes to the water, and tell him,
'This is what the LORD says, "Let my people go, that they may
worship me.
21 If you refuse to let my people go, I will send swarms of flies
on you, your servants, your people and into your houses.
The houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies,
and the ground will be covered with them.
22 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen,
where my people live, so that no swarms of flies will be there,
so that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of this land.
23 So I will put a division between my people and your people.
This sign will happen tomorrow.'"
24 So the LORD did it; and there came great swarms of flies
into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses.
The whole land of Egypt was ruined by the swarms of flies.

25 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice
to your God here in this land."
26 But Moses said, "It would not be right to do so. For the
sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be an abomination
of the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are an abomination
to the Egyptians right before their eyes, will they not stone us?
27 We must go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice
to the LORD our God, just as he commands us."

28 Then Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice
to the LORD your God in the wilderness. Only you must not go very
far away. Pray for me."
29 Moses answered, "As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the
LORD that tomorrow the swarms of flies will leave Pharaoh,
his servants and his people. Only do not let Pharaoh act deceitfully
any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."

30 So Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.
31 The LORD did as Moses asked and he removed the swarms of
flies from Pharaoh, his servants and his people. Not one remained.
32 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and he would
not let the people go.

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