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So they said to Moses and Aaron, "May the Lord punish you. You caused the king and his officers to hate us. You have given them an excuse to kill us."

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to the king of Egypt. I will use my great power against him, and he will let my people go. Because of my power, he will force them out of his country."

"Go tell the king of Egypt that he must let the Israelites leave his land."

Levi lived one hundred thirty-seven years. These are the names of his sons according to their family history: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, who gave birth to Aaron and Moses. Amram lived one hundred thirty-seven years.

Tell Aaron your brother everything that I command you, and let him tell the king of Egypt to let the Israelites leave his country.

"Moses, when the king asks you to do a miracle, tell Aaron to throw his walking stick down in front of the king, and it will become a snake."

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

So the king called in his wise men and his magicians, and with their tricks the Egyptian magicians were able to do the same thing.

So Moses and Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded. In front of the king and his officers, Aaron raised his walking stick and struck the water in the Nile River. So all the water in the Nile changed into blood.

The king turned and went into his palace and ignored what Moses and Aaron had done.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to hold his walking stick in his hand over the rivers, canals, and ponds. Make frogs come up out of the water onto the land of Egypt."

So Aaron held his hand over all the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up out of the water and covered the land of Egypt.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron to raise his walking stick and strike the dust on the ground. Then everywhere in Egypt the dust will change into gnats."

They did this, and when Aaron raised the walking stick that was in his hand and struck the dust on the ground, everywhere in Egypt the dust changed into gnats. The gnats got on the people and animals.

So the Lord did as he had said, and great swarms of flies came into the king's palace and his officers' houses. All over Egypt flies were ruining the land.

and the Lord did as he asked. He removed the flies from the king, his officers, and his people so that not one fly was left.

When Moses raised his walking stick toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the earth. So he caused hail to fall upon the land of Egypt.

Moses left the king and went outside the city. He raised his hands to the Lord , and the thunder and hail stopped. The rain also stopped falling to the ground.

When the king saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he sinned again, and he and his officers became stubborn.