Exodus 8:1-7

New International Reader's Version

8 ¹ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘The Lord says, “Let my people go. Then they will be able to worship me. ² If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. ³ The Nile River will be full of frogs. They will come up into your palace. You will have frogs in your bedroom and on your bed. They will be in the homes of your officials and your people. They will be in your ovens and in the bowls for kneading your bread. ⁴ The frogs will be on you, your people and all your officials.” ’ ”

⁵ Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “Tell Aaron, ‘Reach out your hand. Hold your walking stick over the streams, canals and ponds. Make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’ ”

⁶ So Aaron reached out his hand over the waters of Egypt. The frogs came up and covered the land. ⁷ But the magicians did the same things by doing their magic tricks. They also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.