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Exodus 8:20-27

20AndJehovahsaidunto Moses, Riseupearlyinthemorning,andstandbeforePharaohH6547; lo,hecometh forthtothewater;andsay untohim,ThusH3651saithJehovah,LetmypeoplegoH935,thattheymayserveme.

21Else, if thou wiltnotletmypeoplego, behold,Iwillsend swarmsoffliesuponthee,anduponthy servants,anduponthypeople,andintothy houses:andthehousesoftheEgyptiansshallbefullofswarmsofflies,andalsothegroundH776whereontheyare.

22AndIwillsetapartinthatdaythelandofGoshen,inwhichmypeopledwell,thatnoswarmsoffliesshallbethere;totheend thou mayest knowthatIamJehovahinthemidstoftheearth.

23AndIwillputadivision betweenmypeopleandthypeople:byto-morrowshallthissignbe.

24AndJehovahdidso;andtherecamegrievous swarmsoffliesintothehouseofPharaohH6547,andintohisservants’ houses:andinallthelandofEgyptthelandwascorruptedbyreasonoftheswarmsofflies.

25AndPharaohH6547calledforMosesH4872andforAaron,andsaidH559,Goיוֹצֵ֤אyo.Tze'H3318ye,sacrificeH2076toyourGodintheland.

26AndMosesH4872said,Itisnotmeetsotodo;forweshallsacrificetheabominationoftheEgyptianstoJehovahourGod: lo,shallwe sacrificetheabominationoftheEgyptiansbeforetheireyes,andwilltheynot stoneus?

27Wewillgothree days’ journeyintothewilderness,andsacrificetoJehovahourGod,asheshallcommandus.

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