8:1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, Jehovah says thus, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 8:2 And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will strike all your borders with frogs. 8:3 And the river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your house and into your bedroom and upon your bed and into the house of your servants and upon your people and into your ovens and into your kneading-troughs. 8:4And the frogs will come up both upon you and upon your people and upon all your servants.
8:5 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams and over the pools and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 8:6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
8:7 And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
8:8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, Entreat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me and from my people and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Jehovah.
8:9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, Have this honor over me: when shall I entreat for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses and remain in the river only?
8:10 And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to your word, that you may know that Jehovah our God is like none other. 8:11 And the frogs will depart from you and from your houses and from your servants and from your people, they will remain in the river only.
8:12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried to Jehovah concerning the frogs which he had brought upon Pharaoh. 8:13And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts and out of the fields. 8:14 And they gathered them together in heaps and the land stunk.
8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as Jehovah had spoken.
8:16 And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 8:17 And they did so. And Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth. And lice were upon man and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
8:18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not. And lice were upon man and upon beast. 8:19Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had spoken.
8:20 And Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Behold, he comes forth to the water. And say to him, Jehovah says thus: Let my people go, that they may serve me.8:21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you and upon they servants and upon your people and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies and also the ground on which they are.
8:22 And I will set apart the land of Goshen in that day, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies will be there, to the end you may know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth. 8:23 And I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign will be by tomorrow.
8:24 And Jehovah did so and grievous swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses. And in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted because of the swarms of flies.
8:25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, Go, sacrifice to your* God in the land.
8:26 And Moses said, It is not right to do so, because we will sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God. Behold, we will sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes and will they not stone us? 8:27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he will command us.
8:28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you* go, that you* may sacrifice to Jehovah your* God in the wilderness, only you* will not go very far away. Entreat for me.
8:29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people, tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.
8:30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated Jehovah. 8:31 And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained. 8:32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and he did not let the people go.