4. Frogs will be crawling on everyone—the king, his officials, and every citizen of Egypt.
5. Moses, now command Aaron to hold his stick over the water. Then frogs will come from all rivers, canals, and ponds in Egypt, and they will cover the land.
6. Aaron obeyed, and suddenly frogs were everywhere in Egypt.
7. But the magicians used their secret powers to do the same thing.
8. The king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “If you ask the Lord to take these frogs away from me and my people, I will let your people go and offer sacrifices to him.”
9. “All right,” Moses answered. “You choose the time when I am to pray for the frogs to stop bothering you, your officials, and your people, and for them to leave your houses and be found only in the river.”