Exodus 8
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
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| 1 | And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.’ |
| 2 | And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. |
| 3 | And the magicians did in like manner with their secret arts, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. |
| 4 | Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said: ‘Entreat the LORD, that He take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the LORD.’ |
| 5 | And Moses said unto Pharaoh: ‘Have thou this glory over me; against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?’ |
| 6 | And he said: ‘Against 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. |
| 7 | 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.’ |
| 8 | And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs, which He had brought upon Pharaoh. |
| 9 | And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. |
| 10 | And they gathered them together in heaps; and the land stank. |
| 11 | But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken. |
| 12 | And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Say unto Aaron: Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.’ |
| 13 | And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt. |
| 14 | And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast. |
| 15 | 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 spoken. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end that thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. |
| 19 | And I will put a division between My people and thy people—by to-morrow shall this sign be.’ |
| 20 | And the LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’houses; and in all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies. |
| 21 | And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said: ‘Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.’ |
| 22 | 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, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us? |
| 23 | We will go three days’journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as He shall command us.’ |
| 24 | 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; entreat for me.’ |
| 25 | And Moses said: ‘Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.’ |
| 26 | And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. |
| 27 | 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. |
| 28 | And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go. |
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