Shemot, starting at chapter 7
{7:1} The LORD said to Moshe, "Behold, I have made you as God to
Pharaoh; and Aharon your brother shall be your prophet. {7:2} You
shall speak all that I command you; and Aharon your brother shall
speak to Pharaoh, that he let the children of Yisra'el go out of his
land. {7:3} I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and
my wonders in the land of Egypt. {7:4} But Pharaoh will not listen to
you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my
people the children of Yisra'el, out of the land of Egypt by great
judgments. {7:5} The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I
stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Yisra'el
from among them."
{7:6} Moshe and Aharon did so. As the LORD commanded them, so they
did. {7:7} Moshe was eighty years old, and Aharon eighty-three years
old, when they spoke to Pharaoh.
{7:8} The LORD spoke to Moshe and to Aharon, saying, {7:9} "When
Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall
tell Aharon, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it
become a serpent.'"
{7:10} Moshe and Aharon went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as the
LORD had commanded: and Aharon cast down his rod before Pharaoh and
before his servants, and it became a serpent. {7:11} Then Pharaoh also
called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of
Egypt, did in like manner with their enchantments. {7:12} For they
cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aharon's
rod swallowed up their rods. {7:13} Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and
he didn't listen to them; as the LORD had spoken.
{7:14} The LORD said to Moshe, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He
refuses to let the people go. {7:15} Go to Pharaoh in the morning.
Behold, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river's
bank to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall
take in your hand. {7:16} You shall tell him, 'The LORD, the God of
the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they
may serve me in the wilderness:" and, behold, until now you haven't
listened. {7:17} Thus says the LORD, "In this you shall know that I am
the LORD. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the
waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
{7:18} The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall
become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the
river."'" {7:19} The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Take your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers,
over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of
water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout
all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of
stone.'"
{7:20} Moshe and Aharon did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted
up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that
were in the river were turned to blood. {7:21} The fish that were in
the river died; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians couldn't
drink water from the river; and the blood was throughout all the land
of Egypt. {7:22} The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their
enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he didn't listen
to them; as the LORD had spoken. {7:23} Pharaoh turned and went into
his house, neither did he lay even this to heart. {7:24} All the
Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink; for they
couldn't drink of the water of the river. {7:25} Seven days were
fulfilled, after the LORD had struck the river.
{8:1} The LORD spoke to Moshe, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This
is what the LORD says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
{8:2} If you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your
borders with frogs: {8:3} and the river shall swarm with frogs, which
shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on
your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and
into your ovens, and into your kneading-troughs: {8:4} and the frogs
shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your
servants.'" {8:5} The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Stretch forth
your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over
the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.'" {8:6}
Aharon stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs
came up, and covered the land of Egypt. {8:7} The magicians did in
like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land
of Egypt.
{8:8} Then Pharaoh called for Moshe and Aharon, and said, "Entreat
the LORD, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and
I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD."
{8:9} Moshe said to Pharaoh, "I give you the honor of setting the
time that I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your
people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, and
remain in the river only."
{8:10} He said, "Tomorrow."
He said, "Be it according to your word, that you may know that there
is none like the LORD our God. {8:11} The frogs shall depart from you,
and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people.
They shall remain in the river only."
{8:12} Moshe and Aharon went out from Pharaoh, and Moshe cried to
the LORD concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh. {8:13}
The LORD did according to the word of Moshe, and the frogs died out of
the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. {8:14} They
gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. {8:15} But when
Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and
didn't listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.
{8:16} The LORD said to Moshe, "Tell Aharon, 'Stretch out your rod,
and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.'" {8:17} They did so; and Aharon stretched out
his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there
were lice on man, and on animal; all the dust of the earth became lice
throughout all the land of Egypt. {8:18} The magicians tried with
their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they couldn't. There were
lice on man, and on animal. {8:19} Then the magicians said to Pharaoh,
"This is the finger of God:" and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he
didn't listen to them; as the LORD had spoken.
{8:20} The LORD said to Moshe, "Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell
him, 'This is what the LORD says, "Let my people go, that they may
serve me. {8:21} Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I
will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your
people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be
full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. {8:22}
I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people
dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know
that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. {8:23} I will put a
division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this
sign be."'" {8:24} The LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of
flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in
all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms
of flies.
{8:25} Pharaoh called for Moshe and for Aharon, and said, "Go,
sacrifice to your God in the land!"
{8:26} Moshe said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God.
Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before
their eyes, and won't they stone us? {8:27} We will go three days'
journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he
shall command us."
{8:28} Pharaoh said, "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. Pray for me."
{8:29} Moshe said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to
the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his
servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the
LORD." {8:30} Moshe went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to the LORD.
{8:31} The LORD did according to the word of Moshe, and he removed the
swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people.
There remained not one. {8:32} Pharaoh hardened his heart this time
also, and he didn't let the people go.
{9:1} Then the LORD said to Moshe, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him,
'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people
go, that they may serve me. {9:2} For if you refuse to let them go,
and hold them still, {9:3} behold, the hand of the LORD is on your
cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the
camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous
pestilence. {9:4} The LORD will make a distinction between the cattle
of Yisra'el and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of
all that belongs to the children of Yisra'el."'" {9:5} The LORD
appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing
in the land." {9:6} The LORD did that thing on the next day; and all
the cattle of Egypt died, but of the cattle of the children of
Yisra'el, not one died. {9:7} Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not
so much as one of the cattle of the Yisra'elim dead. But the heart of
Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
{9:8} The LORD said to Moshe and to Aharon, "Take to you handfuls of
ashes of the furnace, and let Moshe sprinkle it toward the sky in the
sight of Pharaoh. {9:9} It shall become small dust over all the land
of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on
animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."
{9:10} They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and
Moshe sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking
forth with boils on man and on animal. {9:11} The magicians couldn't
stand before Moshe because of the boils; for the boils were on the
magicians, and on all the Egyptians. {9:12} The LORD hardened the
heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as the LORD had spoken
to Moshe.
{9:13} The LORD said to Moshe, "Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of
the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. {9:14}
For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against
your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there
is none like me in all the earth. {9:15} For now I would have put
forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you
would have been cut off from the earth; {9:16} but indeed for this
cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name
may be declared throughout all the earth; {9:17} as you still exalt
yourself against my people, that you won't let them go. {9:18} Behold,
tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail,
such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until
now. {9:19} Now therefore command that all of your cattle and all that
you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal
that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall
come down on them, and they shall die."'"
{9:20} Those who feared the word of the LORD among the servants of
Pharaoh made their servants and their cattle flee into the houses.
{9:21} Whoever didn't regard the word of the LORD left his servants
and his cattle in the field.
{9:22} The LORD said to Moshe, "Stretch forth your hand toward the
sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on
animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."
{9:23} Moshe stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and the
LORD sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. The
LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. {9:24} So there was very severe
hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all
the land of Egypt since it became a nation. {9:25} The hail struck
throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man
and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke
every tree of the field. {9:26} Only in the land of Goshen, where the
children of Yisra'el were, there was no hail.
{9:27} Pharaoh sent, and called for Moshe and Aharon, and said to
them, "I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and I and my
people are wicked. {9:28} Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough
of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay
no longer."
{9:29} Moshe said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I
will spread abroad my hands to the LORD. The thunders shall cease,
neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth
is the LORD's. {9:30} But as for you and your servants, I know that
you don't yet fear the LORD God."
{9:31} The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in
the ear, and the flax was in bloom. {9:32} But the wheat and the spelt
were not struck, for they had not grown up. {9:33} Moshe went out of
the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to the LORD; and
the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the
earth. {9:34} When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the
thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he
and his servants. {9:35} The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he
didn't let the children of Yisra'el go, just as the LORD had spoken
through Moshe.
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