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And Moses returned, and went to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go and return to my brethren who are in Egypt and see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and started on his way back to Egypt; and he took the staff of God in his hand.

And the LORD said to Moses. When you return to Egypt, see that you perform all the wonders before Pharaoh which I have performed by your hand, but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

And it came to pass when Moses was on his way to the inn that the LORD met him and sought to kill him.

And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.

And they said to them, May the LORD look upon you and judge; because you have made us to be in disfavor in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hands to kill us.

THEN the LORD said to Moses, Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a mighty arm shall he drive them out of his land.

Go in, and speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

And Amram took his uncles daughter Jokhaber, and she bore him Aaron, Moses, and Miriam; and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty-seven years.

You shall speak all that I command you; and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh that he send the children of Israel out of his land.

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and they did as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and before his noblemen, and it became a serpent.

For they cast down every man his staff and they became serpents; but Aarons staff swallowed up their staffs.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning; behold, he goes out to his daily duty; and you stand toward him by the rivers brink and wait; and take in your hand the staff which was turned into a serpent.

And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD had commanded them; and Aaron lifted up the staff which was in his hand and smote the waters of the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned into blood.

And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, and he did not take to heart even this sign.

So Aaron lifted up his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

And when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the LORD had said to Moses.

And he did so; and Aaron lifted up his hand with his staff and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice on men and on cattle; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And the LORD said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he goes out again to his daily duty; and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Let my people go that they may serve me.

And the LORD did so; and he brought great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants houses and into all the land of Egypt; and the land was ruined by reason of the swarms of flies.