1 The plague of frogs
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, ch. 3:12,18that they may serve me.
2 And if thou ch. 7:14;& 9:2refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with Rev. 16:13frogs:
3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into Ps. 105:30thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy [a]kneadingtroughs:
4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, ch. 7:19Stretch 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.
6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and Ps. 78:45;& 105:30the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
7 ch. 7:11And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, ch. 9:28;& 10:17Intreat the Lord, that he may 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.
9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, [b]Glory over me: [c]when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, [d]to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
10 And he said, [e]To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that ch. 9:14;Deut. 33:26;2 Sam. 7:22;1 Chr. 17:20;Is. 46:9;Jer. 10:6,7there is none like unto the Lord our God.
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 ver. 30;ch. 9:33;& 10:18;& 32:11;Jas. 5:16-18cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was Eccl. 8:11respite, ch. 7:14he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
16 The plague of lice
16 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.
17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and Ps. 105:31it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18 And ch. 7:11the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they Dan. 5:8;2 Tim. 3:8,9could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is 1 Sam. 6:3,9;Ps. 8:3;Mat. 12:28;Luke 11:20the finger of God: and Pharaoh's ver. 15heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.
20 The swarms of flies
20 And the Lord said unto Moses, ch. 7:15Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, ver. 1Let my people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send [f]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.
22 And ch. 9:4,6,26;& 10:23;& 11:6,7;& 12:13I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
23 And I will put [g]a division between my people and thy people: [h]to morrow shall this sign be.
24 And the Lord did so; and Ps. 78:45;& 105:31there 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 [i]corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice Gen. 43:32;& 46:34;Deut. 7:25,26;& 12:31the abomination of 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?
27 We will go ch. 3:18three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as ch. 3:12he shall command us.
28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: ver. 8;ch. 9:28;1 Ki. 13:6intreat for me.
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 ver. 15deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and ver. 12intreated the Lord.
31 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.
32 And Pharaoh ver. 15;ch. 4:21hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
33 The death of Egyptian cattle
