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Exodus 8:18-20
Contemporary English Version
Exodus 8:18-20
Contemporary English Version
18 When the magicians tried to use their secret powers to do this,[a] they failed, and gnats stayed on people and animals.
19 (A) The magicians told the king,[b] “God has done this.”
But, as the Lord had said, the king was too stubborn to listen.
Flies
20 The Lord said to Moses:
Early tomorrow morning, while the king[c] is on his way to the river, go and say to him, “The Lord commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him.
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Exodus 8:18-20
New International Version
Exodus 8:18-20
New International Version
18 But when the magicians(A) tried to produce gnats by their secret arts,(B) they could not.
Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, 19 the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger(C) of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart(D) was hard and he would not listen,(E) just as the Lord had said.
The Plague of Flies
20 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning(F) and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship(G) me.
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