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And they did so. Aaron put out his hand with his stick and hit the dust of the earth. And there were lice on man and animal. All the dust of the earth became lice through all the land of Egypt.

And the Lord did so. And there came a great many flies flying all over inside the house of the Pharaoh and in the houses of his servants. The land was destroyed because of the many flies in all the land of Egypt.

Then Moses said, "I am leaving you. I will pray to the Lord that the many flies may leave Pharaoh and his servants and his people tomorrow. But do not let Pharaoh lie again by not letting the people go to give a gift on an altar to the Lord."

And the Lord did as Moses asked. He took the many flies away from Pharaoh and his servants and his people. Not one was left.

But Pharaoh made his heart hard this time also. He did not let the people go.

Any of the people of Egypt who feared the word of the Lord made his servants and animals run to the houses.

But he who did not listen to the word of the Lord left his servants and animals in the field.

Moses put out his special stick toward the sky. Then the Lord sent thunder and hail. And lightning struck the ground. The Lord poured hail on the land of Egypt.

So Moses left the city and Pharaoh. He spread out his hands to the Lord. And the thunder and the hail stopped. The rain no longer poured on the earth.

But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again. He and his servants made their hearts hard.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh. For I have made his heart and the heart of his servants hard, so that I may do My powerful works among them.

So Moses put out his special stick over the land of Egypt. And the Lord sent an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

So Moses put out his hand toward the sky. And there was darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

The Egyptians did not see each other. No one got up from his place for three days. But all the people of Israel had light in their homes.

Tell the people that each man should ask his neighbor and each woman ask her neighbor for things made of silver and gold."

And all the first-born in the land of Egypt will die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the first-born of the servant girl grinding the grain, and even the first-born of the cattle.

Moses and Aaron did all these great works in front of Pharaoh. But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard. He did not let the people of Israel leave his land.

Speak to the people of Israel when they are gathered together. Tell them that on the tenth day of this month, every man must take a lamb for those of his father's house, a lamb for each house.

If those in the house are too few to eat a lamb, let him and his nearest neighbor take the right amount for the number of people. Divide the lamb by how much each can eat.

Take a small branch and put it in the blood in the pot. Spread some of the blood on the wood pieces on the top and sides of the door. Then none of you go outside the door of his house until morning.