Exodus

Exodus 8 ©

1 The plague of frogs is threatened: 5 they are sent. 8 Pharaoh entreateth Moses, who by prayer removeth them. 16 The dust is turned into lice, which the magicians could not do. 20 The plague of flies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to let the people go, but is hardened.

1

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, aGo unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, bthat they may serve me.

a ch. 5.1-4; 7.1,2,15,16. Je. 1.8-10,17,18. Eze. 2.5,6. Ps. 119.46. 1Co. 4.2. Ac. 20.27.
b v.20. ch. 3.12,18.
2

And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with cfrogs:

c Re. 16.13.
3

And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into dthy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy 1kneadingtroughs:

d Ps. 105.30.
4

And the frogs shall come up both on ethee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

e Ps. 107.40; 83.10,11.
5

¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, fStretch 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.

f ch. 7.19.
6

And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the gfrogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

g Ps. 78.45; 105.30. Re. 16.13,14.
7

And hthe magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

h ch. 7.11,22. 2Ti. 3.8.
8

¶Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, iIntreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I jwill let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

i v.9,28,29,30. ch. 9.28; 10.17,18. 1Ki. 13.6. Ac. 8.24. Nu. 21.7. Pr. 14.19. Is. 49.23; 60.14.
j v.25,28; 10.8,24. Je. 22.23. Mat. 21.30. Ps. 78.34,36.
9

And Moses said unto Pharaoh, 2Glory over me: 3when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, 4to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

10

And he said, 5To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou kmayest know lthat there is none like unto the LORD our God.

k Ps. 9.16; 83.18; 58.11. De. 32.31. ch. 7.17.
l ch. 9.14. 2Sa. 7.22. 1Ch. 17.20. Ps. 86.8. Is. 46.9. Je. 10.6,7.
11

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.

12

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses mcried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

m ch. 32.10,11. Eze. 36.37. Ja. 5.16-18.
13

And the LORD did naccording to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

n v.9-11. Is. 45.11. Mat. 7.7. Mar. 11.24.
14

And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land ostank.

o Joel2.20. Eze. 39.11. Is. 34.3.
15

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he phardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

p v.32. ch. 7.14; 4.21. Is. 26.10. Ec. 8.11. Zec. 7.11,12.
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¶And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become qlice throughout all the land of Egypt.

q Ps. 105.31.
17

And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and rit became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

r Ps. 105.31.
18

And the smagicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they tcould not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

s ch. 7.11.
t Lu. 10.18. Ac. 16.18,19. 2Ti. 3.8,9. De. 32.31. v.10.
19

Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the ufinger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was vhardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

u 1Sa. 6.9. Mat. 12.28. Lu. 11.20. Ps. 8.3.
v ch. 4.21; 7.13,14,22. v.15. Ro. 2.5.
20

¶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, wLet my people go, that they may serve me.

w ch. 5.1-3; 7.16. v.1.
21

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 6swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

22

And I will xsever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou ymayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

x Ps. 111.9. ch. 9.4,26; 10.23; 11.7; 12.13.
y v.10. Eze. 25.17; 28.9; 39.19. Ps. 83.18; 9.16; 58.11.
23

And I will put 7a division between my people and thy people: 8to morrow shall this sign be.

24

And the LORD did so; and zthere came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was 9corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

z Ps. 78.45; 105.31.
25

¶And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

26

And Moses said, aIt is not *meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the babomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not cstone us?

a ch. 3.18. 2Co. 6.14.
b Ge. 43.32; 46.34.
c ch. 17.4.
27

We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as dhe shall command us.

d ch. 3.18; 5.1,3; 10.9,26; 19.
28

And Pharaoh said, eI will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: fintreat for me.

e Ho. 10.2. Eze. 33.31.
f v.8,29. ch. 9.28; 10.17. 1Ki. 13.6. Ezr. 6.10. Ac. 8.24. Ro. 15.30.
29

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: but let not Pharaoh gdeal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

g v.8. 1Ki. 18.21. Job13.9. Ps. 78.34,36,57. Ga. 6.7. Ge. 31.7. Ju. 16.10,15.
30

And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

31

And hthe 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.

h Ja. 5.16. Mat. 7.7. Mar. 11.24.
32

And Pharaoh ihardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

i Zec. 7.11,12. Ec. 8.11. ch. 4.21; 7.3,4,13,14,22. v.15,19. Ro. 2.5. Job9.4.