³¹ Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, ^(A)both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.

God Promises Deliverance

6 But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with ^(A)a strong hand he will ^(B)drive them out of his land.”

⁹ Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for ^(A)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”

⁸ Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, ^(A)“Plead with the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and ^(B)I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

¹⁹ But I know that the king of Egypt ^(A)will not let you go unless compelled ^(B)by a mighty hand.^{[a] 20} So ^(C)I will stretch out my hand and strike Egypt with ^(D)all the wonders that I will do in it; ^(E)after that he will let you go.

⁸ And ^(A)all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, you and all the people who follow you.’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

²⁹ Moses said, “As you say! ^(A)I will not see your face again.”

A Final Plague Threatened

11 The Lord said to Moses, “Yet ^(B)one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. ^(C)When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.