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7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I have made you as Pharaoh’s god. And your brother, Aaron, shall be your prophet.
2 “You shall speak all that I commanded you. And Aaron, your brother, shall tell Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of his land.
3 “But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply My miracles and My wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 “And Pharaoh shall not listen to you, so that I may lay My hand upon Egypt and bring My armies (My people, the children of Israel) out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
5 “Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”
6 Then, Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so they did.
7 Now, Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
8 And the LORD had spoken to Moses and Aaron, saying,
9 “If Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Show a miracle for yourselves’, then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and cast it before Pharaoh.’ And it shall be turned into a serpent.”
10 Then Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. And Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it was turned into a serpent.
11 Then, Pharaoh also called for the wise men and sorcerers. And those charmers of Egypt also did the same with their enchantments.
12 For every man cast down his rod, and they were turned into serpents. But Aaron’s rod devoured their rods.
13 So, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is obstinate. He refuses to let the people go.
15 “Go to Pharaoh in the morning (lo, he will come forth to the water); and you shall stand and meet him by the river’s edge. And you shall take in your hand the rod which was turned into a serpent.
16 “And you shall say to him, ‘The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Let My people go so that they may serve Me in the wilderness.” And behold, you would not hear until now.
17 ‘Thus says the LORD: “In this you shall know that I am the LORD!” Behold, with the rod that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the river; and it shall be turned into blood.’
18 “And the fish that is in the river shall die. And the river shall stink. And it shall grieve the Egyptians to drink of the water of the river.”
19 The LORD then spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, over their rivers, and over their ponds, and over all pools of their waters; and they shall be blood.’ And there shall be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone.”
20 So, Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD commanded. And he lifted up the rod and struck the water that was in the river in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants. And all the water that was in the river was turned into blood.
21 And the fish that were in the river died, and the river stank, so that the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
22 And the enchanters of Egypt did the same with their sorceries. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, so that he did not listen to them (as the LORD had said).
23 Then Pharaoh returned and went back into his house; and this still did not enter into his heart.
24 All the Egyptians then dug all around the river for waters to drink (for they could not drink the water of the river).
25 And this continued a full seven days after the LORD had struck the river.
8 Afterward, the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Let my people go, so that they may serve Me.
2 “And if you will not let them go, behold, I will strike all your country with frogs.
3 “And the river shall crawl full of frogs; which shall go up and come into your house, and into your chamber where you sleep, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs.
4 “Indeed, the frogs shall climb up upon you, and on your people, and upon all your servants.”’”
5 Also the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod upon the streams, upon the rivers, and upon the ponds,’ and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.”
6 Then, Aaron stretched out his hand upon the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7 And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorceries and brought frogs up upon the land of Egypt.
8 Then, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Pray to the LORD, that He may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, so that they may do sacrifice to the LORD.”
9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, “It is your glory to command—when I shall pray for you and for your servants and for your people to destroy the frogs from you and from your houses—that they may remain in the river only.”
10 Then he said, “Tomorrow.” And he answered, “May it be as you have said, so that you may know that there is none like the LORD our God.
11 “So the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall only remain in the river.”
12 Then, Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which he had sent to Pharaoh.
13 And the LORD did according to the saying of Moses. So, the frogs died in the houses, in the towns, and the fields.
14 And they gathered them together by heaps. And the land stank.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that he had rest, he hardened his heart; and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.
16 Again, the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the earth,’ so that it may be turned to lice throughout all the land of Egypt.”
17 And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth. And lice came upon man and upon beast. All the dust of the earth was lice, throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 Now the enchanters did likewise with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. So, the lice were upon man and upon beast.
19 Then the enchanters said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart remained obstinate; and he did not listen to them (as the LORD had said).
20 Moreover, the LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh (lo, he will come forth to the water) and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
21 “And if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
22 “But the land of Goshen, where My people are, I will cause to be wonderful on that day, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, and so that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the Earth.
23 “And I will make a deliverance of My people from your people.”’ This miracle shall be tomorrow.”
24 And the LORD did so. For there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses, so that the Earth was corrupted by the swarms of flies, throughout all the land of Egypt.
25 Then, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Go. Do sacrifice to your God in this land!”
26 And Moses answered, “It is not right to do so. For we would be offering to the LORD our God that which is an abomination to the Egyptians. Lo, can we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes and not have them stone us?
27 “Let us go three days’ journey in the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as He has commanded us.”
28 And Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness. But do not go far away. Pray for me.”
29 And Moses said, “Behold, I will go out from you and pray to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. But henceforth, let Pharaoh not deceive anymore in not letting the people sacrifice to the LORD.”
30 So, Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.
31 And the LORD did according to the saying of Moses. And the swarms of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained.
32 Yet Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also and did not let the people go.
9 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: ‘Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
2 ‘But if you refuse to let them go, and will continue to hold them,
3 ‘behold, the hand of the LORD is upon your flock which is in the field. Upon the horses, upon the donkeys, upon the camels, upon the cattle, and upon the sheep there shall be a mighty plague.’
4 “And the LORD shall distinguish between the beasts of Israel and the beasts of Egypt, so that nothing at all shall die which pertains to the children of Israel.”
5 And the LORD appointed a time, saying, “Tomorrow, the LORD shall finish this thing in this land.”
6 So the next day, the LORD did this thing; and all the cattle of Egypt died. But of the cattle of the children of Israel, not one died.
7 Then Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was obstinate; and he did not let the people go.
8 And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take your handful of ashes from the furnace; and Moses shall sprinkle them toward the sky, in the sight of Pharaoh,
9 “And they shall be turned to dust in all the land of Egypt. And it shall be as a scab breaking out into blisters upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.”
10 Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. And Moses sprinkled them toward the sky. And boils broke out into sores upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the sorcerers could not stand before Moses, because of the boils: for the boils were upon the enchanters and upon all the Egyptians.
12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he did not listen to them (as the LORD had said to Moses).
13 Also, the LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
14 “For at this time, I will send My plagues upon your heart, and upon your servants, and upon your people, so that you may know that there is none like Me in all the Earth.
15 “For now I will stretch out My hand, so that I may strike you and your people with the pestilence. And you shall perish from the Earth.
16 “And indeed, for this reason I have appointed you: to show My power in you, and to declare My Name throughout all the world.
17 “Yet, you exalt yourself against My people, and do not let them go.
18 “Behold, tomorrow at this time, I will rain a mighty great hail, such as was not in Egypt since the foundation thereof was laid until this time.
19 “Therefore, send now. Gather the cattle and all that you have in the field. For upon all the men and the beasts which are found in the field (and not brought home) the hail shall fall upon them. And they shall die.”’”
20 Those who feared the Word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses.
21 But those who did not regard the Word of the LORD left his servants, and his cattle, in the field.
22 And the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch forth your hand toward Heaven, so that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and upon beast and upon all the herbs of the field in the land of Egypt.”
23 Then Moses stretched out his rod toward Heaven. And the LORD sent thunder and hail and lightning upon the ground. And the LORD caused hail to rain upon the land of Egypt.
24 So there was hail—and fire mingled with the hail—more grievous than any which had been throughout all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 And the hail struck all that was in the field, throughout all the land of Egypt, both man and beast. Also, the hail struck all the trees of the field and broke all the trees of the field to pieces.
26 Only in the land of Goshen (where the children of Israel were) was there no hail.
27 Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have now sinned. The LORD is righteous; but I and my people are wicked.
28 “Pray to the LORD (for it is enough) that there are no more mighty thunders and hail; and I will let you go. And you shall wait no longer.”
29 Then Moses said to him, “As soon as I am out of the city, I will spread my hands to the LORD, and the thunder shall cease. Nor shall there be any more hail, so that you may know that the Earth is the LORD’s.
30 “As for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear before the face of the LORD God.”
31 (And the flax and the barley were stricken. For the barley was eared and the flax was bolled.
32 But, the wheat and the rye were not stricken, for they were hidden in the ground).
33 Then, Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread his hands to the LORD. And the thunder and the hail ceased. Nor did it rain upon the Earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart (he and his servants).
35 So, the heart of Pharaoh was hardened. Nor would he let the children of Israel go (as the LORD had said through Moses).
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