Exodus 8
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Let my people go, that n they may serve me.
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But if you o refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country with p frogs.
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The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into q your bedroom and on your bed and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls.
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The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants."'"
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And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, r 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt!'"
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So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and s the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
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But t the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
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Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, u "Plead with the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and v I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord."
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Moses said to Pharaoh, "Be pleased to command me when u I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that the frogs be cut off from you and your houses and be left only in the Nile."
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And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, so w that you may know that x there is no one like the Lord our God.
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The frogs shall go away from you and your houses and your servants and your people. They shall be left only in the Nile."
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So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord about the frogs, as he had agreed with Pharaoh.
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And the Lord did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields.
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And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was a y respite, he z hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, a 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.'"
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And they did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and b there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats in all the land of Egypt.
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The c magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.
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Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is d the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, e "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, f "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
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But on that day g I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, h that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
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Thus I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall happen."'"
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And the Lord did so. i There came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses. Throughout all the land of Egypt the land was ruined by the swarms of flies.
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Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land."
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But Moses said, "It would not be right to do so, for the offerings we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God are an j abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice offerings j abominable to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?
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We must go k three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God l as he tells us."
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So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you must not go very far away. m Plead for me."
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Then Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you and I will plead with the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh n cheat again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord."
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So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.
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And the Lord did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.
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But Pharaoh o hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.
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Cross References
Exodus 8:20
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh, as he goes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus 3:12
He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
Exodus 3:18
And they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
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Exodus 7:14
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
Exodus 9:2
For if you refuse to let them go and still hold them.
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Revelation 16:13
And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.
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Psalms 105:30
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
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Exodus 7:19
And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'
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Psalms 78:45
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms 105:30
Their land swarmed with frogs, even in the chambers of their kings.
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Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.
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Exodus 8:28
So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go to sacrific...
Exodus 8:30
So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to th...
Exodus 9:28
Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough ...
Exodus 10:17 - 18
Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only thi...
Numbers 21:7
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1 Kings 13:6
And the king said to the man of God, "Entreat n...
Acts 8:24
And Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, t...
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Cross References
Exodus 8:25 - 28
Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.
Exodus 10:8
So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, "Go, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?
Exodus 10:24
Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, "Go, serve the Lord ; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.
Exodus 12:31 - 32
Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, "Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.
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Exodus 8:8
Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
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Exodus 8:22
But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 7:17
Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.
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Cross References
Exodus 9:14
For this time I will send all my plagues on you...
Deuteronomy 33:26
There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides t...
2 Samuel 7:22
Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there ...
1 Chronicles 17:20
There is none like you, O Lord, and there is no...
Psalms 86:8
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, ...
Isaiah 46:9
Remember the former things of old; for I am God...
Jeremiah 10:6 - 7
There is none like you, O Lord ; you are great,...
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Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.
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Exodus 8:32
But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and did not let the people go.
Exodus 7:14
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hardened; he refuses to let the people go.
Exodus 9:7
And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus 9:34
But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet again and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Exodus 10:1
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them.
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Exodus 7:19
And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, even in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.
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Psalms 105:31
He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
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Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.
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Exodus 31:18
And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
Psalms 8:3
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place.
Luke 11:20
But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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Cross References
Exodus 7:15
Go to Pharaoh in the morning, as he is going out to the water. Stand on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that turned into a serpent.
Exodus 9:13
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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Exodus 8:1
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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Exodus 9:4
But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die."'
Exodus 11:7
But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Malachi 3:18
Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
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Exodus 8:10
And he said, "Tomorrow." Moses said, "Be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
Exodus 7:17
Thus says the Lord, "By this you shall know that I am the Lord : behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood.
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Psalms 78:45
He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms 105:31
He spoke, and there came swarms of flies, and gnats throughout their country.
Isaiah 7:18
In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is at the end of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
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Genesis 43:32
They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 46:34
You shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
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Genesis 43:32
They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 46:34
You shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.
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Exodus 3:18
And they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, please let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.
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Exodus 3:12
He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.
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Exodus 8:8
Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
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Exodus 8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
Jeremiah 42:20 - 21
That you have gone astray at the cost of your lives. For you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, 'Pray for us to the Lord our God, and whatever the Lord our God says declare to us and we will do it.
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Exodus 8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.
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