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Exodus 8:7-19 Modern English Version (MEV)

7. The ­magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

8. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, “Entreat the Lord, that He may take away the frogs from me, and from my people, and I will let the people go, so that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

9. Moses said to Pharaoh, “Glory yourself over me: When shall I entreat for you, your servants, and your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?”

10. And he said, “Tomorrow.”Then he said, “Be it according to your word, in order that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.

11. The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only.”

12. Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to the Lord concerning the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

13. Then the Lord did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields.

14. So they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank.

15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

16. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.’ ”

17. They did so, for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and smote the dust of the earth, and it became gnats on man and on beast. All the dust of the land became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

18. Then the magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not, so there were gnats upon man and beast.

19. Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” Nevertheless, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said.

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