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Then Moses and Aaron went to the king of Egypt and said, "The Lord , the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, so that they can hold a festival in the desert to honor me.'"

Moses and Aaron replied, "The God of the Hebrews has revealed himself to us. Allow us to travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don't do so, he will kill us with disease or by war."

Make them work harder and keep them busy, so that they won't have time to listen to a pack of lies."

So the people went all over Egypt looking for straw.

So tell the Israelites that I say to them, ‘I am the Lord ; I will rescue you and set you free from your slavery to the Egyptians. I will raise my mighty arm to bring terrible punishment upon them, and I will save you.

But Moses replied, "Even the Israelites will not listen to me, so why should the king? I am such a poor speaker."

So Moses and Aaron went to the king and did as the Lord had commanded. Aaron threw his walking stick down in front of the king and his officers, and it turned into a snake.

So go and meet him in the morning when he goes down to the Nile. Take with you the walking stick that was turned into a snake, and wait for him on the riverbank.

Then say to the king, ‘The Lord , the God of the Hebrews, sent me to tell you to let his people go, so that they can worship him in the desert. But until now you have not listened.

The fish will die, and the river will stink so much that the Egyptians will not be able to drink from it.'"

The fish in the river died, and it smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink from it. There was blood everywhere in Egypt.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to the king and tell him that the Lord says, ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me.

The Nile will be so full of frogs that they will leave it and go into your palace, your bedroom, your bed, the houses of your officials and your people, and even into your ovens and baking pans.

So Aaron held it out over all the water, and the frogs came out and covered the land.

The king called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the Lord to take away these frogs, and I will let your people go, so that they can offer sacrifices to the Lord ."

So Aaron struck the ground with his stick, and all the dust in Egypt was turned into gnats, which covered the people and the animals.

Flies The Lord said to Moses, "Early tomorrow morning go and meet the king as he goes to the river, and tell him that the Lord says, ‘Let my people go, so that they can worship me.

But I will spare the region of Goshen, where my people live, so that there will be no flies there. I will do this so that you will know that I, the Lord , am at work in this land.

The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the king and tell him that the Lord , the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me.

So they got some ashes and stood before the king; Moses threw them into the air, and they produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals.