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Exodus, starting at chapter 7
{7:1} Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I have made you as God to
Pharaoh; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. {7:2} You shall
speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to
Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel 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 Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. {7:5}
The Egyptians shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch forth my
hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
{7:6} Moses and Aaron did so. As Yahweh commanded them, so they did.
{7:7} Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old,
when they spoke to Pharaoh.
{7:8} Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, {7:9} "When
Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, 'Perform a miracle!' then you shall
tell Aaron, 'Take your rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it
become a serpent.'"
{7:10} Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as
Yahweh had commanded: and Aaron 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 Aaron's rod
swallowed up their rods. {7:13} Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he
didn't listen to them; as Yahweh had spoken.
{7:14} Yahweh said to Moses, "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, 'Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, "In this you shall know that I am
Yahweh. 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} Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, '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} Moses and Aaron did so, as Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 around the river for water to drink; for they couldn't drink of
the water of the river. {7:25} Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh
had struck the river.
{8:1} Yahweh spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This
is what Yahweh 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} Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, '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} Aaron 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 Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat
Yahweh, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I
will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
{8:9} Moses 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 Yahweh 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} Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to
Yahweh concerning the frogs which he had brought on Pharaoh. {8:13}
Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, 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 Yahweh had spoken.
{8:16} Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, '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 Aaron 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 Yahweh had spoken.
{8:20} Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh; behold, he comes forth to the water; and tell
him, 'This is what Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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} Yahweh 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 Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go,
sacrifice to your God in the land!"
{8:26} Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh 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 Yahweh our God, as he shall command
us."
{8:28} Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to
Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far
away. Pray for me."
{8:29} Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to
Yahweh 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
Yahweh." {8:30} Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
{8:31} Yahweh 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. {8:32} Pharaoh hardened his heart this time
also, and he didn't let the people go.
{9:1} Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him,
'This is what Yahweh, 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 Yahweh is on your livestock
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}
Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the
livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to
the children of Israel."'" {9:5} Yahweh appointed a set time, saying,
"Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land." {9:6} Yahweh did
that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but
of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died. {9:7}
Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the
livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was
stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
{9:8} Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of
ashes of the furnace, and let Moses 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
Moses 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 Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the
magicians, and on all the Egyptians. {9:12} Yahweh hardened the heart
of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to
Moses.
{9:13} Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and
stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, 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 livestock 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 Yahweh among the servants of
Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
{9:21} Whoever didn't regard the word of Yahweh left his servants and
his livestock in the field.
{9:22} Yahweh said to Moses, "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} Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and Yahweh
sent thunder, hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. Yahweh
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 Israel were, there was no hail.
{9:27} Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to
them, "I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my
people are wicked. {9:28} Pray to Yahweh; for there has been enough of
mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no
longer."
{9:29} Moses said to him, "As soon as I have gone out of the city, I
will spread abroad my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease,
neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth
is Yahweh's. {9:30} But as for you and your servants, I know that you
don't yet fear Yahweh 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} Moses went out of
the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to Yahweh; 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 Israel go, just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
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