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And the LORDspake unto Moses,Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my peoplego, that they may serve me.
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And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:
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And the river shall bring forthfrogsabundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber*, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:[a]
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And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
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And the LORDspake unto Moses,Say unto Aaron, Stretch 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.
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And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.
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And the magiciansdid so with their enchantments, and brought upfrogs upon the land of Egypt.
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Then Pharaohcalled for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the peoplego, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.
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And Mosessaid unto Pharaoh,Glory[b] over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?
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And he said, To morrow.[c] And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
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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.
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And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Mosescried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.
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And the LORDdid according to the word of Moses; and the frogsdied out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
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And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the landstank.
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But when Pharaohsaw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
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And the LORDsaid 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.
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And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
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And the magiciansdid so with their enchantments to bring forthlice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
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Then the magicianssaid unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh'sheart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.