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| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and tell him: This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. |
| 2If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. | 2But if you refuse to let them go, then I will plague all your territory with frogs. |
| 3The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. | 3The Nile will swarm with frogs; they will come up and go into your palace, into your bedroom and on your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls. |
| 4The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.'" | 4The frogs will come up on you, your people, and all your officials." |
| 5Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'" | 5The LORD then said to Moses, "Tell Aaron: Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, canals, and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt." |
| 6So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land. | 6When Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. |
| 7But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt. | 7But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt. |
| 8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD." | 8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Appeal to the LORD to remove the frogs from me and my people. Then I will let the people go and they can sacrifice to the LORD." |
| 9Moses said to Pharaoh, "I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile." | 9Moses said to Pharaoh, "You may have the honor of choosing. When should I appeal on behalf of you, your officials, and your people, that the frogs be taken away from you and your houses, and remain only in the Nile?" |
| 10"Tomorrow," Pharaoh said. Moses replied, "It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God. | 10"Tomorrow," he answered. Moses replied, "As you have said, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God, |
| 11The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile." | 11the frogs will go away from you, your houses, your officials, and your people. The frogs will remain only in the Nile." |
| 12After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. | 12After Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help concerning the frogs that he had brought against Pharaoh. |
| 13And the LORD did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. | 13The LORD did as Moses had said: the frogs in the houses, courtyards, and fields died. |
| 14They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. | 14They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land. |
| 15But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. | 15But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. |
| 16Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,' and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats." | 16Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron: Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the land, and it will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt." |
| 17They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. | 17And they did this. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and when he struck the dust of the land, gnats were on people and animals. All the dust of the land became gnats throughout the land of Egypt. |
| 18But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, | 18The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on people and animals. |
| 19the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the LORD had said. | 19"This is the finger of God," the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh's heart was hard, and he would not listen to them, as the LORD had said. |
| 20Then the LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. | 20The LORD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh when you see him going out to the water. Tell him: This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. |
| 21If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them. | 21But if you will not let my people go, then I will send swarms of flies against you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The Egyptians' houses will swarm with flies, and so will the land where they live. |
| 22"'But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the LORD, am in this land. | 22But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where my people are living; no flies will be there. This way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land. |
| 23I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.'" | 23I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow." |
| 24And the LORD did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies. | 24And the LORD did this. Thick swarms of flies went into Pharaoh's palace and his officials' houses. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies. |
| 25Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land." | 25Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go sacrifice to your God within the country." |
| 26But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? | 26But Moses said, "It would not be right to do that, because what we will sacrifice to the LORD our God is detestable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what the Egyptians detest in front of them, won't they stone us? |
| 27We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the LORD our God, as he commands us." | 27We must go a distance of three days into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as he instructs us." |
| 28Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me." | 28Pharaoh responded, "I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but don't go very far. Make an appeal for me." |
| 29Moses answered, "As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the LORD, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD." | 29"As soon as I leave you," Moses said, "I will appeal to the LORD, and tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceptively again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD." |
| 30Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD, | 30Then Moses left Pharaoh's presence and appealed to the LORD. |
| 31and the LORD did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. | 31The LORD did as Moses had said: He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, his officials, and his people; not one was left. |
| 32But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go. | 32But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not let the people go. |
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