[1] And this is what the Lord said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh and say to him,
The Lord says, Let my people go so that they may give me worship. [2] And
if you will not let them go, see, I will send frogs into every part of your
land: [3] The Nile will be full of frogs, and they will come up into your
house and into your bedrooms and on your bed, and into the houses of your
servants and your people, and into your ovens and into your bread-basins.
[4] The frogs will come up over you and your people and all your servants.
[5] And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be
stretched out over the streams and the waterways and the pools, causing
frogs to come up on the land of Egypt. [6] And when Aaron put out his hand
over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and all the land of Egypt was
covered with them. [7] And the wonder-workers did the same with their
secret arts, making frogs come up over the land of Egypt. [8] Then Pharaoh
sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Make prayer to the Lord that he will
take away these frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go
and make their offering to the Lord. [9] And Moses said, I will let you
have the honour of saying when I am to make prayer for you and your
servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your
houses, and be only in the Nile. [10] And he said, By tomorrow. And he
said, Let it be as you say: so that you may see that there is no other like
the Lord our God. [11] And the frogs will be gone from you and from your
houses and from your servants and from your people and will be only in the
Nile. [12] Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses made
prayer to the Lord about the frogs which he had sent on Pharaoh. [13] And
the Lord did as Moses said; and there was an end of all the frogs in the
houses and in the open spaces and in the fields. [14] And they put them
together in masses, and a bad smell went up from the land. [15] But when
Pharaoh saw that there was peace for a time, he made his heart hard and did
not give ear to them, as the Lord had said. [16] And the Lord said to
Moses, Say to Aaron, Let your rod be stretched out over the dust of the
earth so that it may become insects through all the land of Egypt. [17] And
they did so; and Aaron, stretching out the rod in his hand, gave a touch to
the dust of the earth, and insects came on man and on beast; all the dust
of the earth was changed into insects through all the land of Egypt. [18]
And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects,
were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast. [19] Then
the wonder-workers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but
Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he did not give ear to them, as the Lord had
said. [20] And the Lord said to Moses, Get up early in the morning and take
your place before Pharaoh when he comes out to the water; and say to him,
This is what the Lord says: Let my people go to give me worship. [21] For
if you do not let my people go, see, I will send clouds of flies on you and
on your servants and on your people and into their houses; and the houses
of the Egyptians and the land where they are will be full of flies. [22]
And at that time I will make a division between your land and the land of
Goshen where my people are, and no flies will be there; so that you may see
that I am the Lord over all the earth. [23] And I will put a division
between my people and your people; tomorrow this sign will be seen. [24]
And the Lord did so; and great clouds of flies came into the house of
Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and all the land of Egypt was made
waste because of the flies. [25] And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and
said, Go and make your offering to your God here in the land. [26] And
Moses said, It is not right to do so; for we make our offerings of that to
which the Egyptians give worship; and if we do so before their eyes,
certainly we will be stoned. [27] But we will go three days' journey into
the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us
orders. [28] Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to
the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make
prayer for me. [29] And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make
prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and
from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer
by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord. [30]
Then Moses went out from Pharaoh and made prayer to the Lord. [31] And the
Lord did as Moses said, and took away the cloud of flies from Pharaoh and
from his servants and from his people; not one was to be seen. [32] But
again Pharaoh made his heart hard and did not let the people go.
