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and I will let the people go, so that they may sacrifice to the LORD.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Moses said to Pharaoh, “I am entirely at your service: when shall I plead [with the Lord] for you and your servants and your people, so that the frogs may leave you and your houses and remain only in the Nile?” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh said, “<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Tomorrow.” Moses replied, “<i>May it be</i> as you say, so that you may know [without any doubt] <i>and</i> acknowledge that there is no one like the LORD our God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The frogs will leave you and your houses and leave your servants and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, and Moses cried out to the LORD [as he had agreed to do] concerning the frogs which God had inflicted on Pharaoh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD did as Moses asked, and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courtyards <i>and</i> villages, and out of the fields. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So they piled them up in heaps, and the land was detestable <i>and</i> stank. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But when Pharaoh saw that there was [temporary] relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen <i>or</i> pay attention to them, just as the LORD had said. <p class="hdg">The Plagues of Gnats and Insects</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become [biting] gnats (lice) throughout the land of Egypt.’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [biting] gnats on man and animal. All the dust of the land became gnats through all the land of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The magicians (soothsayer-priests) tried by their secret arts <i>and</i> enchantments to create gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats on man and animal. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the [supernatural] finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he is coming out to the water [of the Nile], and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For if you do not let My people go, hear this: I will send swarms of [bloodsucking] insects on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of insects, as well as the ground on which they stand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But on that day I will separate <i>and</i> set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there, so that you may know [without any doubt] <i>and</i> acknowledge that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>I will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>put a division (distinction) between My people and your people. By tomorrow this sign shall be in evidence.”’” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then the LORD did so. And there came heavy <i>and</i> oppressive swarms of [bloodsucking] insects into the house of Pharaoh and his servants’ houses; in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted <i>and</i> ruined because of the [great invasion of] insects. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God [here] in the land [of Egypt].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But Moses said, “It is not right [or even possible] to do that, for we will sacrifice to the LORD our God what is repulsive <i>and</i> unacceptable to the Egyptians [that is, animals that the Egyptians consider sacred]. If we sacrifice what is repulsive <i>and</i> unacceptable to the Egyptians, will they not riot <i>and</i> stone us? <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>So Pharaoh said, “I will let you go, so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Plead [with your God] for me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Moses said, “I am going to leave you, and I will urgently petition (pray, entreat) the LORD that the swarms of insects may leave Pharaoh, his servants, and his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.” <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>So Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD [on behalf of Pharaoh]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of [bloodsucking] insects from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> If the magicians had possessed true power they would have halted the plagues, not exacerbated them.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Pharaoh’s answer suggests that he still did not have an understanding of God’s power, since he could have requested the immediate removal of the frogs.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> Lit <i>set a ransom</i>.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../exodus/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Exodus 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Exodus 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../exodus/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Exodus 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Exodus 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>