THE SECOND BOOK OF
MOSES,
called
E X O D U S
Exodus 8 ©
God threatens Pharaoh to plague him with frogs, if he would not let Israel go, vs. 1, etc. Aaron stretches forth his hand, and there came frogs over all the land of Egypt, 5. The magicians do the same, 7. Pharaoh calls Moses and Aaron, and promises, if the Lord takes away the frogs, that he will let Israel go, 8. But he does not perform his promise, 15. The third plague comes upon Egypt, the dust being turned into lice, 16. Which the magicians are not able to imitate, 18. Yet Pharaoh remains hardened, 19. The fourth plague comes, to wit, a mixture of all sorts of insects, 21. Israel free thereof in Goshen, 22. Pharaoh seems ready to let the people go, 25. Moses prays to God, and He takes these insects away, 29. Pharaoh remains hardened, 32.
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.
And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will 1smite 2all thy borders with frogs:
And the 3river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which 4shall 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 5kneadingtroughs:
And the frogs shall come up both 6on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
¶And the LORD 7spake 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.
And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; 8and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
And the magicians did 9so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
¶Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, 10Intreat the LORD, that he 11may 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.
And Moses said unto Pharaoh, 12Glory 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?
And 13he said, To morrow. And 14he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
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.
And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs 15which he had brought against Pharaoh.
And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died 16out of the houses, out of the 17villages, and out of the fields.
And 18they gathered them together 19upon heaps: and the land stank.
But when Pharaoh saw that there was 20respite, he 21hardeneda his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
¶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.
And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became 22lice in man, and in beast; allb the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
And the magicians 23did so with their enchantments 24to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This 25is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
¶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.
Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of 26flies 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 27they are.
And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people 28dwell, 29that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know 30that I am the LORD in the midst 31of the earth.
And I will 32put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
And the LORD did so; and therec came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the 33landd was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
¶And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God 34in the land.
And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; fore we shall sacrifice the abomination 35of 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?
We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and 36sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only 37ye shall not go very far away: 38intreat for me.
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: 39but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
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.
And Pharaohf hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.