Chapter 8

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AND Yahuah spoke unto Mosheh, Go unto Phar'oh, and say unto him, Thus says Yahuah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs:

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And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneadingtroughs:

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And the frogs shall come up both on you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants.

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And Yahuah spoke unto El-Mosheh, Say unto El-Aharon, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up upon the land of Mitsrayim.

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And Aharon stretched out his hand over the waters of Mitsrayim; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Mitsrayim.

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And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up the frogs upon the land of Mitsrayim.

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Then Phar'oh called for Mosheh and Aharon, and said, Intreat El-Yahuah, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto Yahuah.

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And Mosheh said unto Phar'oh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?

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And he said, Tomorrow. And he said, Be it according to your word: that you may know that there is none like unto Yahuah Elohaynu.

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And 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.

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And Mosheh and Aharon went out from Phar'oh: and Mosheh cried unto El-Yahuah because of the frogs which he had brought against Phar'oh.

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And Yahuah did according to the word of Mosheh; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

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And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

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But when Phar'oh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as Yahuah had said.

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And Yahuah said unto El-Mosheh, Say unto El-Aharon, Stretch out your rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.

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And they did so; for Aharon stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.

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And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth the lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

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Then the magicians said unto Phar'oh, This is the finger of Elohiym: and Phar'oh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Yahuah had said.

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And Yahuah said unto Mosheh, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Phar'oh; lo, he comes forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus says Yahuah, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

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Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Mitsriym shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

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And I will sever 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 Yahuah in the midst of the earth.

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And I will put a division between my people and your people: tomorrow shall this sign be.

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And Yahuah did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Phar'oh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Mitsrayim: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

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And Phar'oh called for Mosheh and for Aharon, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your Elohiym in the land.

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And Mosheh said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Mitsriym to Yahuah Elohaynu: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Mitsriym before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

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We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahuah Elohaynu, as he shall command us.

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And Phar'oh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Yahuah Elohayka in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.

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And Mosheh said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will intreat El-Yahuah that the swarms of flies may depart from Phar'oh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow: but let not Phar'oh deal deceitfully anymore in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahuah.

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And Mosheh went out from Phar'oh, and intreated Yahuah.

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And Yahuah did according to the word of Mosheh; and he removed the swarms of flies from Phar'oh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

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And Phar'oh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.



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