5.
The fourth conflict: The second plague — frogs
8:1-15
Exo. 8
:1
8:1
Then Jehovah said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah,
aLet My people go that they may
bserve Me.
Exo. 8
:2
8:2
But if you
arefuse to let
them go, I will now smite all your territory with
1frogs.
Exo. 8
:3
8:3
And the River shall swarm with frogs, and they will go up
from the River and come into your house and into your bedchamber and upon your bed, and into the houses of your servants and upon your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.
Exo. 8
:4
8:4
And the frogs shall come up upon you and upon your people and upon all your servants.
Exo. 8
:5
8:5
And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your
astaff over the rivers, over the watercourses, and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt
Exo. 8
:6
8:6
So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the
afrogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
Exo. 8
:7
8:7
And the
amagicians bdid the same with their secret spells and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.
Exo. 8
:8
8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said,
aEntreat Jehovah to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will
blet the people go to
csacrifice to Jehovah.
Exo. 8
:9
8:9
And Moses said to Pharaoh, May it please you, and not me,
as to the time. When shall I make entreaty for you and for your servants and for your people, to cut off the frogs from you and from your houses
so that they remain in the River only?
Exo. 8
:10
8:10
And he said, Tomorrow. And he said,
It will be according to your word, that you may
aknow that there is no one
blike Jehovah our God.
Exo. 8
:11
8:11
And the frogs shall depart from you and from your houses and from your servants and from your people; they shall remain in the River only.
Exo. 8
:12
8:12
Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried out to Jehovah concerning the frogs which He had brought upon Pharaoh.
Exo. 8
:13
8:13
And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died in the houses, in the courts, and in the fields.
Exo. 8
:14
8:14
And they gathered them together, heap after heap, and the land stank.
Exo. 8
:15
8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he
1ahardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said.
6.
The fifth conflict: The third plague — lice
8:16-19
Exo. 8
:16
8:16
And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your
astaff, and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become
1blice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exo. 8
:17
8:17
And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were lice on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exo. 8
:18
8:18
And the
amagicians bdid the same with their secret spells, to try to bring forth lice, but
cthey could not; so there were lice on man and on beast.
Exo. 8
:19
8:19
Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the
1afinger of God. But Pharaoh’s heart
bhardened, and he did not listen to them, just as Jehovah had said.
7.
The sixth conflict: The fourth plague — flies
8:20-32
Exo. 8
:20
8:20
Then Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the
amorning, and present yourself before Pharaoh as he is going out to the water, and say to him, Thus says Jehovah,
bLet My people go that they may serve Me.
Exo. 8
:21
8:21
For if you will not let My people go, then I will at once send swarms of
1flies against you and against your servants and against your people and against your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, as well as the ground on which they are.
Exo. 8
:22
8:22
But on that day I will
aset apart the land of Goshen, where My people are staying, so that no swarms of flies will be there, so that you may
bknow that I am Jehovah in the midst of the land.
Exo. 8
:23
8:23
And I will put a
1aredemption between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall occur.
Exo. 8
:24
8:24
And Jehovah did so; and heavy swarms of
aflies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants’ houses, and throughout the land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.
Exo. 8
:25
8:25
And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron and said, Go,
asacrifice to your God in the
1land.
Exo. 8
:26
8:26
And Moses said, It would not be right to do so, for we will sacrifice to Jehovah our God what is an
aabomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?
Exo. 8
:27
8:27
We must go a
athree days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Jehovah our God just as He commands us.
Exo. 8
:28
8:28
And Pharaoh said, I will let you go that you may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make
aentreaty for me.
Exo. 8
:29
8:29
And Moses said, I am now going out from you, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies would depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully anymore by not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.
Exo. 8
:30
8:30
So Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated Jehovah.
Exo. 8
:31
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.
Exo. 8
:32
8:32
However Pharaoh
ahardened his heart at this time also, and he did
bnot let the people go.
