they could not drink of the water of the river.
[25] And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had
smitten the river.
Exod.8
[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.
[2] And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
[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:
[4] And the frogs shall come up both on
thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
[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.
[6] And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters
of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
[7] And the magicians did so with their
enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
[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.
[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?
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[14] And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
[15] But when
Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD
had said.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[23]
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
[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.
[25] And Pharaoh
called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
[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?
[27] We
will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command
us.
[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.
[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.
[30] And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
[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.
[32] And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither
would he let the people go.