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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Extend your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may turn into ^(F1)gnats through all the land of Egypt.'"

They did so; and Aaron extended his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were ^(F1)gnats on every ^(F2)person and animal. All the dust of the earth turned into ^(F1)(C1)gnats through all the land of Egypt.

The soothsayer priests tried with their secret arts to produce ^(F1)gnats, but ^(C1)they could not; so there were ^(F1)gnats on every person and animal.

Then the soothsayer priests said to Pharaoh, "^(C1)This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was ^(F1)hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.