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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: "Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord , Let my people go, that they may serve me.

"But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I am going to strike your entire territory with frogs.

And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

"The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house, and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

"So the frogs will come up on you, your people, and on all your servants."'"

And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Extend your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'"

And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

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

And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.

However, the soothsayer priests did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Plead with the LORD to remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, so that they may sacrifice to the LORD."

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the Lord , that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the Lord .

And Moses said to Pharaoh, "The honor is yours to tell me: when shall I plead for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, that they be left only in the Nile?"

And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

Then he said, "Tomorrow." So he said, "May it be according to your word, so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God.

"The frogs will depart from you and your houses, and from your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile."

And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had inflicted upon Pharaoh.

And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the Lord because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

The LORD did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courtyards, and the fields.

And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

So they piled them in heaps, and the land stank.

And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said.