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But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?"

"But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.

For each one threw down his staff, and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed their staffs.

"And you shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened up to now."

But the soothsayer priests of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

"But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I am going to strike your entire territory with frogs.

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

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

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

"But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land.

But Moses said, "It is not permissible for us to do so, because we will sacrifice to the LORD our God that which is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice that which is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.

"But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel."'"

So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but not one of the livestock of the sons of Israel died.

And Pharaoh sent men, and they learned that, behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.

"But indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth.

but everyone who did not pay regard to the word of the LORD left his servants and his livestock in the field.

"But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God."

But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they ripen late.)