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Warn the king that the Nile will be full of frogs, and from there they will spread into the royal palace, including the king's bedroom and even his bed. Frogs will enter the homes of his officials and will find their way into ovens and into the bowls of bread dough.

Frogs will be crawling on everyone—the king, his officials, and every citizen of Egypt.

Moses, now command Aaron to hold his stick over the water. Then frogs will come from all rivers, canals, and ponds in Egypt, and they will cover the land.

The Lord said to Moses, "Command Aaron to strike the ground with his walking stick, and everywhere in Egypt the dust will turn into gnats."

The Lord said to Moses: Early tomorrow morning, while the king is on his way to the river, go and say to him, "The Lord commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him.

The Lord kept his promise—the palace and the homes of the royal officials swarmed with flies, and the rest of the country was infested with them as well.

and the Lord answered his prayer. Not a fly was left to pester the king, his officials, or anyone else in Egypt.

The Lord sent Moses with this message for the king of Egypt: The Lord God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him.

The Lord told Moses to get up early the next morning and say to the king: The Lord God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him!

If you don't, he will send his worst plagues to strike you, your officials, and everyone else in your country. Then you will find out that no one can oppose the Lord .

But he has kept you alive, just to show you his power and to bring honor to himself everywhere in the world.

But others paid no attention to his threats and left their slaves and animals out in the open.

Moses pointed his walking stick toward the sky, and hailstones started falling everywhere. Thunder roared, and lightning flashed back and forth, striking the ground. This was the worst storm in the history of Egypt.

After Moses left the royal palace and the city, he lifted his arms in prayer to the Lord , and the thunder, hail, and drenching rain stopped.

When the king realized that the storm was over, he disobeyed once more. He and his officials were so stubborn

The Lord said to Moses: Go back to the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, so that I could work these miracles.

Moses held out his walking stick, and the Lord sent an east wind that blew across Egypt the rest of the day and all that night. By morning, locusts

Moses stretched his arm toward the sky, and Egypt was covered with darkness for three days.

The Lord said to Moses: I am going to punish the king of Egypt and his people one more time. Then the king will gladly let you leave his land, so that I will stop punishing the Egyptians. He will even chase you out.

So the Lord made the Egyptians greatly respect the Israelites, and everyone, including the king and his officials, considered Moses an important leader.