1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 And
if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy
borders with frogs:
3 And
the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into
thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of
thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy
kneadingtroughs:
4 And
the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy
servants.
5 And
the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy
rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to
come up upon the land of Egypt.
6 And
Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up,
and covered the land of Egypt.
7 And
the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the
land of Egypt.
8 Then
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may
take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go,
that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
9 And
Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for
thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy
houses, that they
may remain in the river only?
10 And
he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou
mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
11 And
the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants,
and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.
12 And
Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of
the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
13 And
the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the
houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
14 And
they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
15 But
when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened
not unto them; as the LORD had said.
16 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the
dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
17 And
they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust
of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land
became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And
the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they
could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then
the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart
was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
20 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before
Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the
LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else,
if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon
thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the
houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
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.
25 And
Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God
in the land.
26 And
Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of
the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of
the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
27 We
will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our
God, as he shall command us.
28 And
Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in
the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
29 And
Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the
swarms of flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let
not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice
to the LORD.
30 And
Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
31 And
the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from
Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
32 And
Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people
go.
