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Now the LORDsaid to Moses, "Riseearly in the morning and presentyourselfbeforePharaoh, as he comes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thussays the LORD, "Let My peoplego, that they may serve Me.
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"For if you do not let My peoplego, behold, I will sendswarms of insects on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of insects, and also the ground on which they dwell.
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"But on that day I will setapart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that noswarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land.
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Then the LORDdidso. And there camegreatswarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laidwastebecause* of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt.
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But Mosessaid, "It is not right to doso, for we will sacrifice to the LORD our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us?
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Pharaohsaid, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Makesupplication for me."
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Then Mosessaid, "Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall makesupplication to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his peopletomorrow; only do not let Pharaohdealdeceitfullyagain in not letting the peoplego to sacrifice to the LORD."