Exodus 8

Frogs over the Land

8Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD," Let My people go, that they may serve Me.H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H56472"But if you refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs.H3986H7971H5062H1366H68543"And the Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go 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.H2975H8317H6854H8317H5927H935H1004H2315H4904H4296H1004H5650H5971H8574H48634"So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants." '"H6854H5927H5971H56505Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'"H3068H559H4872H559H175H5186H3027H4294H5104H2975H98H6854H5927H776H47146So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.H175H5186H3027H4325H4714H6854H5927H3680H776H47147And the magicians did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.H2748H6213H3909H5927H6854H776H47148Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Entreat the LORD that He remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD."H6547H7121H4872H175H559H6279H3068H5493H6854H5971H5971H7971H2076H30689And Moses said to Pharaoh, "The honor is yours to tell me: when shall I entreat for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, [that] they may be left only in the Nile?"H4872H559H6547H6286H4970H6279H5650H5971H3772H6854H1004H7604H297510Then he said, "Tomorrow." So he said, "[May it be] according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.H559H4279H559H1697H3045H3068H43011"And the frogs will depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile."H6854H5493H1004H5650H5971H7604H297512Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had inflicted upon Pharaoh.H4872H175H3318H6547H4872H6817H3068H1697H6854H7760H654713And the LORD did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courts, and the fields.H3068H6213H1697H4872H6854H4191H1004H2691H770414So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.H6651H2563H776H88715But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.H6547H7200H7309H3513H3820H8085H3068H1696

The Plague of Insects

16Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats through all the land of Egypt.'"H3068H559H4872H559H175H5186H4294H5221H6083H776H3654H776H471417And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats through all the land of Egypt.H6213H175H5186H3027H4294H5221H6083H776H3654H120H929H6083H776H3654H776H471418And the magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast.H2748H6213H3909H3318H3654H3201H3654H120H92919Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said.H2748H559H6547H676H430H6547H3820H2388H8085H3068H169620Now the LORD said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, as he comes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD," Let My people go, that they may serve Me.H3068H559H4872H7925H1242H3320H6440H6547H3318H4325H559H559H3068H5971H7971H564721"For if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of insects on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of insects, and also the ground on which they [dwell.]H5971H7971H7971H6157H5650H5971H1004H1004H4714H4390H6157H12722"But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there, in order that you may know that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land.H6395H3117H776H1657H5971H5975H1115H6157H1961H4616H3045H3068H7130H77623"And I will put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall occur." '"H7760H6304H5971H5971H4279H22624Then the LORD did so. And there came great swarms of insects into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of insects in all the land of Egypt.H3068H6213H935H3515H6157H1004H6547H5650H1004H776H4714H776H7843H6440H615725And Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."H6547H7121H413H4872H175H559H3212H2076H430H77626But Moses said, "It is not right to do so, for we shall sacrifice to the LORD our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us?H4872H559H3559H6213H2005H2076H8441H4714H3068H430H2076H8441H4714H5869H561927"We must go a three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us."H3212H7969H3117H1870H4057H2076H3068H430H55928And Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make supplication for me."H6547H559H7971H2076H3068H430H4057H3212H7368H7368H6279H115729Then Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall make supplication to the LORD that the swarms of insects may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD."H4872H559H3318H6279H3068H6157H5493H6547H5650H5971H4279H7535H6547H2048H3254H1115H5971H7971H2076H306830So Moses went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the LORD.H4872H3318H6547H6279H306831And the LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of insects from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained.H3068H6213H1697H4872H5493H6157H6547H5650H5971H7604H25932But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.H6547H3513H3820H6471H5971H7971