1And theLORDH3068spake untoMosesH4872,GoH5927in unto Pharaoh, andsayH559unto him, Thus saith theLORDH3068,Letנְטֵ֤הne.TehH5186mypeopleאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776goH5927, that they may servemeH413.
2And if thou refuse toletוַיֵּ֤טvai.YetH5186themgoH5927, behold, I will smiteallH5927thybordersיָד֔וֹya.DoH3027withfrogsH6854:
3and theriverH776shall swarm withfrogsצְפַרְדְּעִים֒tze.far.de.'ImH6854,whichהַֽצְפַרְדְּעִ֖יםhatz.far.de.'ImH6854shallgoH5927upH5927andcomeH5927intoH5921thine house, andintoH5921thy bedchamber, anduponH5921thy bed, andintoH5921the house of thy servants, anduponH5921thypeopleH776, andintoH5921thine ovens, andintoH5921thy kneadingtroughs:
5And the LORDsaidH559untoMosesH4872,SayH559unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over theriversהַיְאֹרִ֖יםhay.'o.RimH2975, over thestreamsבַּיְאֹ֖רbay.'OrH2975, and over the pools, and causefrogsH6854to comeupH5921uponH5921the land of Egypt.
6And Aaron stretchedoutתֵּדַ֔עte.Da'H3045his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogscameH559up, and covered the land of Egypt.
7And the magiciansdidרַ֥קrakH7535in like manner with their enchantments, and broughtupמִמְּךָ֙mi.me.KhaH4480frogsH6854upon the land of Egypt.
8ThenPharaohH6547calledוַיִּצְעַ֤קvai.yitz.'AkH6817forMosesH4872andAaronH175, andsaidאֶל־'el-H413, Entreat theLORDH3068, that hetakeH3318awayH3318thefrogsH6854frommeאֶל־'el-H413, and from mypeopleH834; and I willletשָׂ֥םsamH7760thepeopleH834goH3318, that they may sacrifice unto theLORDH3068.
9AndMosesH4872saidH1697unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory overmeH4480:againstH4480whatH1697time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that thefrogsH6854be destroyed from thee and thyhousesH1004, and remain in the river only?
10And he said, Against tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God.
11And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thypeopleכַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.SherH834; they shallremainהָֽיְתָה֙ha.ye.TahH1961in theriverכִּ֤יkiH3588only.
12AndMosesH4872andAaronH175wentH413outנְטֵ֣הne.TehH5186from Pharaoh: andMosesH4872cried unto theLORDH3068concerning the frogs which he hadbroughtH1961uponH1961Pharaoh.
13And the LORDdidH6213accordingיָד֤וֹya.DoH3027to the word of Moses; and the frogs diedoutH5186of the houses,outH5186of the courts, andoutH5186of the fields.
14And they gathered them together in heaps: and the land stank.
15But whenPharaohH6547saw that there was respite, hehardenedוַיֶּחֱזַ֤קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388hisheartH3820, and hearkenednotH3808unto them; as theLORDH3068hadspokenH1696.
16And theLORDH3068saidH559untoMosesH4872,SayH559unto Aaron,Stretchשַׁלַּ֥חsha.LachH7971outיוֹצֵ֣אyo.Tze'H3318thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it maybecomeוְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ve.Ya.'av.Du.niH5647licethroughoutH413allהִנֵּ֖הhi.NehH2009thelandלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440of Egypt.
17And theydidאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834soH7971; and AaronstretchedH7971outH7971his hand with his rod, and smote thedustH127of theearthH127, and there were liceuponH5921manאֵינְךָ֮'ei.ne.KhaH369, anduponH5921beast;allH1571thedustH127of theearthH127became licethroughoutH5921allH1571thelandH127ofEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4713.
18And the magiciansdidאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834soלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616with their enchantments tobringH1961forthתֵּדַ֔עte.Da'H3045lice, but theycouldעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971notלְבִלְתִּ֥יle.vil.TiH1115: and there were liceuponH5921man, anduponH5921beast.
19Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkenednotהַזֶּֽה׃ha.ZehH2088unto them; as the LORD had spoken.
21Else, if thou wiltnotH776let mypeopleH776go, behold, I will send swarms of fliesuponH7121thee, anduponH7121thy servants, anduponH7121thypeopleH776, andintoאֶל־'el-H413thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also thegroundH776whereon they are.
22And I will sever in thatdayמֹשֶׁ֗הmo.ShehH4872the land of Goshen, inwhichלְעֵינֵיהֶ֖םle.'ei.nei.HemH5869mypeopleלֹ֤אlo'H3808dwell, thatnoוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am theLORDH3068in the midst of the earth.
23And I will put a division between mypeopleH834and thypeopleH834: by tomorrow shall this sign be.
24And theLORDH3068didלֹא־lo'-H3808soאֲשַׁלַּ֤ח'a.sha.LachH7971; and therecameוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559grievous swarms of fliesintoH6547the house ofPharaohH6547, andintoH6547his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
25AndPharaohH6547calledוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559forMosesH4872and for Aaron, andsaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Goיוֹצֵ֤אyo.Tze'H3318ye,sacrificeH2076to yourGodH3068in the land.
26AndMosesH4872saidH413, It is notmeetH3318soH3318todoH3318; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068ourGodלַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the EgyptiansbeforeH413their eyes, and will they not stoneusH413?
27WeH1697willgoH5493three days’ journeyintoH5493the wilderness, and sacrifice to theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068ourGodלַֽיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehH3068, as he shallcommandH1697usוַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213.
28AndPharaohH6547said, I willletH7971youH7971goאֲשַׁלַּ֤ח'a.sha.LachH7971, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD yourGodוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808in the wilderness;onlyH1571ye shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808goשִׁלַּ֖חshi.LachH7971veryH1571farawayH7971: entreat formeH7971.
29And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
30And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.
31And the LORD 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.
32And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.
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