Verse 1
Exodus 8:1
Free Bible Version
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Then the Lord told Moses, “Go and see Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they can worship me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶל מֹשֶׁה֒ אֱמֹ֣ר אֶֽל אַהֲרֹ֗ן נְטֵ֤ה אֶת יָדְ/ךָ֙ בְּ/מַטֶּ֔/ךָ עַל הַ֨/נְּהָרֹ֔ת עַל הַ/יְאֹרִ֖ים וְ/עַל הָ/אֲגַמִּ֑ים וְ/הַ֥עַל אֶת הַֽ/צְפַרְדְּעִ֖ים עַל אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
English Translation
And the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring up the frogs upon the land of Egypt.'"
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Chapter 8 Context
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Then the Lord told Moses, “Go and see Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my pe...
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If you refuse to let them leave, I will send a plague of frogs all over your country.
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They will swarm out of the Nile, and they will enter your palace and get into your bedroom and jump...
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Frogs will jump all over you, your people, and all your officials.’”
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The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Hold out your walking stick in your hand over the rivers and c...
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So Aaron held out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land.
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But the Egyptian magicians did the same thing using their magic arts. They brought up frogs in Egypt...
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Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and pleaded with them, “Pray to the Lord, and ask him to take awa...
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“You may have the honor of deciding when I'll pray for you, your officials, and your people that the...
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“Do it tomorrow,” Pharaoh replied. Moses said, “It will happen as you have requested so you will kno...
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The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people, and they will remain only...
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Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, and Moses pleaded with the Lord about the frogs he had sent against Ph...
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The Lord did as Moses asked. The frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
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The people collected them in pile upon pile, and the whole country smelled terrible.
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But when Pharaoh realized the plague had passed, he chose to become hard and stubborn again, and wou...
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The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Pick up your walking stick and hit the dust of the ground. The...
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They did what the Lord said. When Aaron lifted up his walking stick and hit the dust of the earth, g...
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The magicians also tried to make gnats using their magic arts, but they couldn't. The gnats stayed o...
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“This is an act of God (Elohim),” the magicians told Pharaoh. But Pharaoh chose to be stubbornly har...
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The Lord told Moses, “Tomorrow morning get up early and block Pharaoh's way as he walks down to the...
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If you don't let my people leave, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, and on your...
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However, on this occasion I will treat the land of Goshen differently—that's where my people live—th...
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I will distinguish my people from your people. You will see this sign that confirms it tomorrow.’”
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The Lord did what he had said. Huge swarms of flies swept into Pharaoh's palace and into the houses...
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Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Go and offer sacrifices to your God (Elohim) here...
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“No, that wouldn't be the right thing to do,” Moses replied. “The sacrifices we offer to the Lord ou...
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We must make a three-day journey into the wilderness and offer sacrifices there to the Lord our God...
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“I'll let you go and offer sacrifices to the Lord your God (Elohim) in the desert, but don't go very...
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“As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord,” Moses replied, “and tomorrow the flies will leave...
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Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord,
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and the Lord did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and...
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