Exo 8 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then 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.

‏ Exodus 8

Frogs over the Land

1 ^{▼▼ Ch 7:26 in Heb}Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, ^b“Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 2 “But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs. 3 “The Nile will ^cswarm 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. 4 “So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.”’” 5 ^{▼▼ Ch 8:1 in Heb}Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘ ^eStretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the ^{▼▼ Or canals}streams and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’” 6 So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the ^{▼▼ Lit frog
,} ^hfrogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. 7 ⁱThe ^{▼▼ Or soothsayer priests}magicians did ^{▼▼ Lit thus}the same with their secret arts, ^{▼▼ Lit and made}making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh ^mcalled for Moses and Aaron and said, ⁿ“Entreat the Lord that He remove the frogs from me and from my people; and ^oI will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.” 9 Moses said to Pharaoh, ^{▼▼ Lit Glory over me}“The honor is yours to tell me: when shall I entreat for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs be ^{▼▼ Lit cut off}destroyed from you and your houses, that they may be left 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 ^rno one like the Lord our God. 11 “The ^sfrogs will depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.” 12 Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and ^tMoses cried to the Lord concerning the frogs which He had ^{▼▼ Lit placed}inflicted upon Pharaoh. 13 The Lord 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 ^{▼▼ I.e. had a bad smell}became foul. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he ^{▼▼ Lit made heavy}hardened his heart and ^xdid not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

The Plague of Insects

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become ^{▼▼ Or lice}gnats through all the land of Egypt.’” 17 They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were ^{▼▼ Or lice}gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became ^{▼▼ Or lice
,} ^abgnats through all the land of Egypt. 18 The ^{▼▼ Or soothsayer priests}magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth ^{▼▼ Or lice}gnats, but ^aethey could not; so there were ^{▼▼ Or lice}gnats on man and beast. 19 Then the ^{▼▼ Or soothsayer priests}magicians said to Pharaoh, ^ah“This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was ^{▼▼ Lit strong}hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

20 Now the Lord said to Moses, ^aj“Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, ^{▼▼ Lit behold}as ^alhe comes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, ^am“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 dwell. 22 ^an“But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are ^{▼▼ Lit standing}living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that ^{▼▼ Or I am the Lord in the midst of the earth
,} ^aqI, the Lord, am in the midst of the land. 23 “I will ^{▼▼ Lit set a ransom}put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will occur.”’” 24 Then the Lord did so. And there came ^{▼▼ Lit heavy}great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was ^atlaid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt.

25 Pharaoh ^aucalled for Moses and Aaron and said, ^av“Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” 26 But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we will sacrifice to the Lord our God ^{▼▼ Lit the abomination of Egypt}what is ^axan abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice ^{▼▼ Lit the abomination of Egypt}what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us? 27 “We must go a ^azthree days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He ^{▼▼ Lit says to us}commands us.” 28 Pharaoh said, ^bb“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. ^bcMake supplication for me.” 29 Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall make supplication to the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh ^bddeal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

30 So ^beMoses went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the Lord. 31 The Lord did ^{▼▼ Lit according to the word of Moses}as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained. 32 But Pharaoh ^{▼▼ Lit made heavy}hardened his heart this time also, and ^bhhe did not let the people go.