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And Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Come to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

So they took the soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast.

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

So now, send, bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, the hail will come down on them, and they will die."'"

But the wheat and the spelt were not struck down, for they are late-ripening.)

Then Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

And they shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped—what remains for you from the hail—and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field.

Then your houses and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians shall be filled, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day.'" And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?"

Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve Yahweh, for that is what you are seeking." So they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, all that the hail has left remaining."

And the locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt; they were very heavy. There had never been so many locusts, nor would there be so many again.

For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

And they shall eat the flesh that night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

And the Egyptians strongly pressed the people to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We will all be dead."

Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses—they had asked from the Egyptians for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;