Exodus 8:31 - Prayer Tents

86Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff, strike the dust of the ground, and the dust will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.'"H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 8S even days after the Lord had struck the Nile, he said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Let my people go so they may serve me.H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 80Pharaoh said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "It will be just as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 81The frogs will leave you, your house, your officials, and your people. They'll remain only in the Nile."H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 82Then Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh's presence, and Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs which he had sent on Pharaoh.H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 83The Lord did just as Moses asked, and the frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards, and in the fields.H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 84They gathered them up into large piles and the land smelled terrible.H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 85But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.H3068H559H4872H935H6547H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 2And if you refuse to let them go, then I'm going to strike all your territory with frogs.H3986H7971H5062H1366H6854 3The Nile will swarm with frogs. They'll come up and enter your house, your bedroom, your bed, and your servants' houses. They'll jump on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs.H2975H8317H6854H8317H5927H935H1004H2315H4904H4296H1004H5650H5971H8574H4863 4The frogs will be all over you and your servants."'"H6854H5927H5971H5650 5Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the Nile, and over the ponds, and bring up frogs over the land of Egypt.'"H3068H559H4872H559H175H5186H3027H4294H5104H2975H98H6854H5927H776H4714 6So Aaron stretched his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.H175H5186H3027H4325H4714H6854H5927H3680H776H4714 7But the magicians did the same thing with their secret arts, and they brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.H2748H6213H3909H5927H6854H776H4714 8Then Pharaoh called to Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the Lord so that he may remove the frogs from me and my people. I'll let the people go so they can offer sacrifices to the Lord."H6547H7121H4872H175H559H6279H3068H5493H6854H5971H5971H7971H2076H3068 9Moses said to Pharaoh, "You decide when I should plead for you, your servants, and your people to remove the frogs from you and your household. They'll remain only in the Nile."H4872H559H6547H6286H4970H6279H5650H5971H3772H6854H1004H7604H2975 17They did this. Aaron stretched his hand out with his staff, struck the dust of the land, and gnats came on people and animals - all the dust of the ground became gnats throughout the land of Egypt.H6213H175H5186H3027H4294H5221H6083H776H3654H120H929H6083H776H3654H776H4714 18The magicians tried to do the same thing with their secret arts, but they were unable to bring out the gnats. The gnats were on the people and the animals.H2748H6213H3909H3318H3654H3201H3654H120H929 19The magicians said to Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart was stubborn and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.H2748H559H6547H676H430H6547H3820H2388H8085H3068H1696 20The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he's going down to the water. You are to say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Let my people go so they can serve me.H3068H559H4872H7925H1242H3320H6440H6547H3318H4325H559H559H3068H5971H7971H5647 21But if you don't let my people go, I'll send swarms of insects upon you, your servants, your people, and your households. The houses of Egypt - and even the ground on which they stand - will be filled with swarms of insects.H5971H7971H7971H6157H5650H5971H1004H1004H4714H4390H6157H127 22On that day I'll treat the land of Goshen where my people live differently so that swarms of insects won't be there. As a result, you will know that I the Lord am in the midst of the land.H6395H3117H776H1657H5971H5975H1115H6157H1961H4616H3045H3068H7130H776 23I'll make a distinction between my people and your people, and this sign will occur tomorrow."'"H7760H6304H5971H5971H4279H226 24The Lord did this, and dense swarms of insects came into the house of Pharaoh and into the houses of his servants. The land was ruined throughout Egypt because of the swarms of insects.H3068H6213H935H3515H6157H1004H6547H5650H1004H776H4714H776H7843H6440H6157 25Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, offer sacrifices to your God in the land."H6547H7121H413H4872H175H559H3212H2076H430H776 26Moses said, "It wouldn't be right to sacrifice in this way because if we do, we will sacrifice to the Lord our God what is offensive to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are offensive to the Egyptians in front of them, they'll stone us, won't they -H4872H559H3559H6213H2005H2076H8441H4714H3068H430H2076H8441H4714H5869H5619 27We must go a three-day journey into the desert, and we'll offer sacrifices to the Lord our God just as he has told us."H3212H7969H3117H1870H4057H2076H3068H430H559 28Then Pharaoh said, "I'll let you go so you can offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the desert. But you must not go very far away. Pray for me."H6547H559H7971H2076H3068H430H4057H3212H7368H7368H6279H1157 29Moses said, "Right now I'm going to leave you, and I'll pray to the Lord that the swarms of insects may depart from Pharaoh, from his officials, and from his people tomorrow. But Pharaoh, don't continue lying by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord."H4872H559H3318H6279H3068H6157H5493H6547H5650H5971H4279H7535H6547H2048H3254H1115H5971H7971H2076H3068 30Then Moses left Pharaoh's presence and prayed to the Lord.H4872H3318H6547H6279H3068 31The Lord did what Moses asked, and the swarms of insects departed from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people. Not one remained.H3068H6213H1697H4872H5493H6157H6547H5650H5971H7604H259 32But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart, and he did not let the people go.8H6547H3513H3820H6471H5971H7971