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Exodus 8:21-31

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.

28AndPharaohH6547said,Iwillletyougoאֲשַׁלַּ֤ח'a.sha.LachH7971,thatyemaysacrificetoJehovahyourGodinthewilderness;onlyyeshallnotgoשִׁלַּ֖חshi.LachH7971veryfarawayH7971: entreatforme.

29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.

30And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.

31And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

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