22 但那天,我子民居住的歌珊却丝毫不会受搅扰,这样你就知道我耶和华主宰天下。 23 我要把我的子民跟你的百姓分开,明天我必行这神迹。’” 24 耶和华果然这样行。密密麻麻的苍蝇飞进法老的王宫和他臣仆的家里,埃及全国都受到苍蝇的毁坏。

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22 (26) But Moshe replied, “It would be inappropriate for us to do that, because the animal we sacrifice to Adonai our God is an abomination to the Egyptians. Won’t the Egyptians stone us to death if before their very eyes we sacrifice what they consider an abomination? 23 (27) No, we will go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to Adonai our God, as he has ordered us to do.” 24 (28) Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, so that you can sacrifice to Adonai your God in the desert. Only you are not to go very far away. Intercede on my behalf.”

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22 “‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen,(A) where my people live;(B) no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know(C) that I, the Lord, am in this land. 23 I will make a distinction[a] between my people and your people.(D) This sign will occur tomorrow.’”

24 And the Lord did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.(E)

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  1. Exodus 8:23 Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew will put a deliverance

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.

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22 And in that day (A)I will set apart the land of (B)Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may (C)know that I am the Lord in the midst of the (D)land. 23 I will [a]make a difference between My people and your people. Tomorrow this (E)sign shall be.” ’ ” 24 And the Lord did so. (F)Thick swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh, into his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt. The land was corrupted because of the swarms of flies.

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  1. Exodus 8:23 Lit. set a ransom, Ex. 9:4; 11:7