7. The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.
8. Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord that he may take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will release the people that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”
9. Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me – when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, for the frogs to be removed from you and your houses, so that they will be left only in the Nile?”
10. He said, “Tomorrow.” And Moses said, “It will be as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
11. The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your servants, and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.”
12. Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord because of the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh.
13. The Lord did as Moses asked – the frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields.
14. The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.
15. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.
16. The Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Extend your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.’”
17. They did so; Aaron extended his hand with his staff, he struck the dust of the ground, and it became gnats on people and on animals. All the dust of the ground became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.
18. When the magicians attempted to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.
19. The magicians said to Pharaoh, “It is the finger of God!” But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.
20. The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Release my people that they may serve me!