1 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), “Go to the Great House
(Pharaoh), and say to him, Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
2 And if you
refuse to let them go, your territory will be stricken with frogs:
3 The river
shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which will go up and come into
your house, and into your bedchamber, and into your bed, and into the
house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and
into your kneading troughs.
4 The frogs
shall come up both on you, and upon your people, and upon all your
servants.”
5 Then, I AM
(the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), “Say to Light Bringer
(Aaron), Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over
the rivers, and over the ponds, and the frogs will come up upon the
land of Double Straights (Egypt).”
6 So Light
Bringer (Aaron) stretched out his hand over the waters of Double
Straights (Egypt); and the frogs came up, and covered the land of
Double Straights (Egypt).
7 And the
magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon
the land of Double Straights (Egypt).
8 Then the
Great House (Pharaoh) called for Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer
(Aaron), and said, “Intreat I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), 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 to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).”
9 Drawn
(Moses) answered the Great House (Pharaoh), “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?”
10
And he said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “Be it according to your
word: that you may know that there is none like to I AM (the LORD,
Yehovah) our God
('Elohiym).
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.”
12 Then Drawn
(Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) went out from the Great House
(Pharaoh): and Drawn (Moses) cried to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah)
because of the frogs brought against the Great House (Pharaoh).
13 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) did according to the word of Drawn (Moses); and the
frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the
fields.
14 And they
gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.
15 But when
the Great House (Pharaoh) saw that there was respite, he hardened his
heart, and did not listen to them; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had
said.
16 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Say to Light Bringer
(Aaron), Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, that
it may become lice throughout all the land of Double Straights
(Egypt).”
17 And they
did so; for Light Bringer (Aaron) stretched out his hand with his
rod, and struck 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 of
Double Straights (Egypt).
18 The
magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they
could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
19
Then the magicians said to the Great House (Pharaoh), “This is the
finger of God
('Elohiym).”
But, the Great House (Pharaoh)'s heart was hardened, and he would not
listen to them; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had said.
20 Then I AM
(the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Rise up early in the
morning, and stand before the Great House (Pharaoh). When he comes
out to the water say to him, Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), Let
my people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else, if
you wilt not let my people go, swarms of flies will be sent upon you,
and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses:
and the houses of the Double Straighters (Egyptians) shall be full of
swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
22 And I will
sever in that day the land of Drawing Near (Goshen), in which my
people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you
may know that I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) in the midst of the
earth.
23 I will put
a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign
shall be.”
24 And I AM
(the LORD, Yehovah) did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies
into the house of the Great House (Pharaoh), and into his servants'
houses, and into all the land of Double Straights (Egypt): the land
was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.
25
Then the Great House (Pharaoh) called for Drawn (Moses) and for Light
Bringer (Aaron), and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God
('Elohiym)
in the land.”
26
But Drawn (Moses) answered, “It is not right so to do; for we shall
sacrifice the abomination of the Double Straighters (Egyptians) to I
AM (the LORD, Yehovah) our God
('Elohiym).
If we
we sacrifice the abomination of the Double Straighters (Egyptians)
before their eyes, will they not stone us?
27 We will go
three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) our God, as he shall command us.”
28
The Great House (Pharaoh) said, “I will let you go, that ye may
sacrifice to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) your God
('Elohiym)
in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: intreat for
me.”
29 Drawn
(Moses) said, “When I go out from you, I will intreat I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) that the swarms of flies may depart from the Great
House (Pharaoh), from his servants, and from his people, to morrow:
but let not the Great House (Pharaoh) deal deceitfully any more in
not letting the people go to sacrifice to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).”
30 And Drawn
(Moses) went out from the Great House (Pharaoh), and intreated I AM
(the LORD, Yehovah).
31 I AM (the
LORD, Yehovah) did according to the word of Drawn (Moses). He removed
the swarms of flies from the Great House (Pharaoh), from his
servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
32 Then the
Great House (Pharaoh) hardened his heart at this time also, neither
would he let the people go.
