Beginning
7 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “(A)See, I [a]set you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother (B)Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. 3 But (C)I will harden Pharaoh’s heart with stiffness that I may (D)multiply My signs and My [b]wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But (E)Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will [c]set My hand upon Egypt and (F)bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by (G)great judgments. 5 (H)Then the Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I (I)stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.” 6 So Moses and Aaron did it; (J)as Yahweh commanded them, thus they did. 7 Now Moses was (K)eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent
8 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 9 “When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘[d](L)Work a miraculous wonder,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘(M)Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a [e]serpent.’” 10 So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as Yahweh had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and [f]his [g]servants, and it (N)became a [h]serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also (O)called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the [i](P)magicians of Egypt, did [j]the same with (Q)their secret arts. 12 And each one threw down his staff, and they became [k]serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. 13 Yet (R)Pharaoh’s heart was [l]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
The Plague of Water Turning to Blood
14 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is [m]hard with firmness; he refuses to let the people go. 15 Go to Pharaoh in the morning [n]as (S)he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand (T)the staff that was turned into a serpent. 16 (U)And you shall say to him, ‘Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “(V)Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now.” 17 Thus says Yahweh, “(W)By this you shall know that I am Yahweh: behold, I am about to strike [o]the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and (X)it will be turned to blood. 18 (Y)And the fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will [p]become foul, and the Egyptians will (Z)be weary of drinking water from the Nile.”’” 19 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and (AA)stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their [q]streams, and over their pools and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”
20 So Moses and Aaron did thus, as Yahweh had commanded. And he raised up [r](AB)the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and (AC)all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. 21 And the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile [s]became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. 22 (AD)Yet the [t]magicians of Egypt did [u]the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was [v]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken. 23 Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not set his heart even on this. 24 So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile. 25 And seven full days [w]passed after Yahweh had struck the Nile.
The Plague of Frogs
8 [x]Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “(AE)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I [y]will smite your whole territory with frogs. 3 And the Nile will (AF)swarm with frogs, and they will go up and come into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and on your people and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls. 4 So the frogs will come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.”’” 5 [z]Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘(AG)Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the [aa]streams and over the pools, and cause the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’” 6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the [ab](AH)frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7 (AI)And the [ac]magicians did [ad]the same with their secret arts; they caused the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh (AJ)called for Moses and Aaron and said, “(AK)Entreat Yahweh that He may cause the frogs to depart from me and from my people; and (AL)I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh.” 9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, “[ae]May the honor be yours to tell me: when shall I entreat for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses, that they may remain only in the Nile?”
10 Then he said, “Tomorrow.” So he said, “May it be according to your word, that you may know that there is (AM)no one like Yahweh our God. 11 And the (AN)frogs will depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.” 12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and (AO)Moses cried out to Yahweh concerning the frogs which He had set upon Pharaoh. 13 So Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courts, and the fields. 14 So they piled them in heaps, and the land [af]became foul. 15 Then Pharaoh saw that there was relief, and he [ag]hardened his heart with firmness and (AP)did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
The Plague of Gnats
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become [ah]gnats through all the land of Egypt.’” 17 And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [ai]gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became [aj](AQ)gnats through all the land of Egypt. 18 Then [ak]the magicians did the same with their secret arts in order to bring forth [al]gnats, but (AR)they could not; so there were [am]gnats on man and beast. 19 And the [an]magicians said to Pharaoh, “(AS)This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was [ao]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
The Plague of Flies
20 And Yahweh said to Moses, “(AT)Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh [ap]as (AU)he comes out to the water, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “(AV)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 21 For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. 22 (AW)But on that day I will make a distinction for the land of Goshen, where My people are [aq]living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, that you may know that [ar](AX)I, Yahweh, am in the midst of the land. 23 And I will [as]put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will happen.”’” 24 Then Yahweh did so. And there came heavy swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants, and the land was (AY)laid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt.
25 And Pharaoh (AZ)called for Moses and Aaron and said, “(BA)Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” 26 But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we will sacrifice to Yahweh our God [at]what is (BB)an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice [au]what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us? 27 We must go a (BC)three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahweh our God as He says to us.” 28 And Pharaoh said, “(BD)I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. (BE)Entreat for me.” 29 Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall entreat Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only may Pharaoh not (BF)deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.”
30 So (BG)Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated Yahweh. 31 And Yahweh did according to the word of Moses and caused the swarms of flies to depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained. 32 Then Pharaoh [av]hardened his heart with firmness this time also, and (BH)he did not let the people go.
The Plague of Dying Egyptian Livestock
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, “(BI)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 2 For (BJ)if you refuse to let them go and [aw]continue to hold them, 3 behold, (BK)the hand of Yahweh [ax]will come with a very heavy pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks. 4 (BL)But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that (BM)nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’” 5 Yahweh also set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh will do this thing in the land.” 6 So Yahweh did this thing on the next day, and (BN)all the livestock of Egypt died; (BO)but of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But (BP)the heart of Pharaoh was [ay]hardened with firmness, and he did not let the people go.
The Plague of Boils
8 Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and it will become (BQ)boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.” 10 So they took the soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast. 11 (BR)And the [az]magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians [ba]as well as on all the Egyptians. 12 And (BS)Yahweh [bb]hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not listen to them, just as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
The Plague of Hail
13 And Yahweh said to Moses, “(BT)Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, “(BU)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 14 For this time I will send all My plagues against your heart and amongst your servants and your people, so that (BV)you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 15 For if by now I had sent forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been wiped out from the earth. 16 But, indeed, (BW)for this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power and in order to recount My name through all the earth. 17 Still you [bc]exalt yourself against My people [bd]by not letting them go. 18 Behold, about this time tomorrow, (BX)I will rain down very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded [be]until now. 19 So now, send, bring (BY)your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. (BZ)Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, the hail will come down on them, and they will die.”’” 20 (CA)The one among the servants of Pharaoh who [bf]feared the word of Yahweh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses; 21 but he who did not [bg]consider in his heart the word of Yahweh [bh]left his servants and his livestock in the field.
22 Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that (CB)there may be hail on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” 23 So Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and Yahweh gave forth [bi]thunder and (CC)hail, and fire went down to the earth. And Yahweh rained down hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire [bj]flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 (CD)And the hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from man to beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field. 26 (CE)Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.
27 Then Pharaoh (CF)sent and called for Moses and Aaron and said to them, “(CG)I have sinned this time; Yahweh is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. 28 (CH)Entreat Yahweh, for God’s [bk]thunder and hail are too much; and (CI)I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” 29 And Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will (CJ)spread out my [bl]hands to Yahweh; the [bm]thunder will cease, and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that (CK)the earth is Yahweh’s. 30 (CL)But as for you and your servants, I know that (CM)you do not yet [bn]fear [bo]Yahweh God.” 31 (Now the flax and the (CN)barley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck down, for they are late-ripening.) 33 (CO)And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his [bp]hands to Yahweh; and the [bq]thunder and the hail ceased, and rain [br]no longer poured on the earth. 34 But Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the [bs]thunder had ceased. So he sinned again and [bt]hardened his heart with firmness, he and his servants. 35 And Pharaoh’s heart was [bu]hardened with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as (CP)Yahweh had spoken by the hand of Moses.
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