Of lice, and swarms of flies CHAP. IX. The murrain of beasts. vants, and from thy people; they shall of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: remain in the river only. Lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? 12 ¶ And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD, because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. 27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD 13 And the LORD did according to the our God, as he shall command us. word of Moses: and the frogs died out of 28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, the houses, out of the villages, and out of that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your the fields. God in the wilderness; only ye shall not 14 And they gathered them together go very far away: entreat for me. upon heaps and the land stank. 23 And Moses said, Behold, I go out 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there from thee, and I will entreat the LoRD was respite, he hardened his heart, and that the swarms of flies may depart fron hearkened not unto them; as the LORD Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his had said. people, to-morrow: but let not Pharaoh 16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, deal deceitfully any more, in not letting Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. smite the dust of the land, that it 30 And Moses went out froin Pharaoh, come lice throughout all the land of Egypt. and entreated the LORD: 17 And they did so; for Aaron stretch bemay 31 And the LORD did according to the ed out his hand with his rod, and smote word of Moses; and he removed the the dust of the earth, and it became lice in swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his man and in beast: all the dust of the land be- servants, and from his people; there recame lice throughout all the land of Egypt. mained not one. 18 And the magicians did so with their 32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at enchantments to bring forth lice, but they this time also, neither would he let the could not: so there were lice upon man, people go. and upon beast. CHAP. IX. 19 Then the magicians said unto Pha-HEN the LORD said unto Moses, Go is raoh's heart was hardened, and he heark- saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let ened not unto them; as the LORD had said. my people go, that they may serve me. 20 T And the LORD said unto Moses, 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and Rise up early in the morning, and stand wilt hold them still, before Pharaoh; (lo, he cometh forth to 3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon the water;) and say unto him, Thus saith thy cattle which is in the field, upon the the LORD, Let my people go, that they horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, may serve me: upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people shall be a very grievous murrain. go, behold, I will send swarms of flies 4 And the LORD shall sever between upon thee, and upon thy servants, and up- the cattle of Israel, and the cattle of Egypt: on thy people, and into thy houses and and there shall nothing die of all that is the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of the children's of Israel. swarms of flies, and also the ground 5 And the LORD appointed a set time, whereon they are. saying, To-morrow the LORD shall do this 22 And I will sever in that day the land thing in the land. of Goshen, in which my people dwell, 6 And the LORD did that thing on the that no swarms of flies shall be there; to morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: the end thou mayest know that I am the but of the cattle of the children of Israel LORD in the midst of the earth. died not one. 23 And I will put a division between my 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there people and thy people: to-morrow shall was not one of the cattle of the Israelites this sign be. dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was 24 And the LORD did so: and there hardened, and he did not let the people go. came a grievous swarm of flies into the 8 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it land was corrupted by reason of the toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. swarm of flies. 9 And it shall become small dust in all 25 And Pharaoh called for Moses, and the land of Egypt, and shall be a bile breakfor Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to ing forth with blains upon man, and upon your God in the land. beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses ་ The plague of biles and blains: EXODUS. of fire and hau. sprinkled it up toward heaven: and it be- every herb of the field and brake every came a bile breaking forth with blains tree of the field. upon man, and upon beast. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the 11 And the magicians could not stand children of Israel were, was there no hail. before Moses, because of the bile: for the 27 And Pharaoh sent and called for bile was upon the magicians, and upon all Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I the Egyptians. have sinned this time: the LORD is right12 And the LORD hardened the heart eous, and I and my people are wicked. of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto that there be no more mighty thunderings Moses. and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) 13 T And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus as I am gone out of the city, I will spread saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the my people go, that they may serve me. thunder shall cease, neither shall there be 14 For I will at this time send all my any more hail; that thou mayest know plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy how that the earth is the LORD'S. servants, and upon thy people: that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. 31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. 32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were not grown up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. CHAP. X. AND the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants; that I might shew these my signs before him: 20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears servants and his cattle flee into the houses: of thy son, and of thy son's son, what 21 And he that regarded not the word of things I have wrought in Egypt, and my the LORD left his servants and his cattle in signs which I have done among them; the field. that ye may know how that I am the LORD. 22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, 3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith that there may be hail in all the land of the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? upon every herb of the field, throughout Let my people go, that they may serve me. the land of Egypt. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the lotoward heaven, and the LORD sent thun-custs into thy coast: der and hail, and the fire ran along upon 5 And they shall cover the face of the the ground and the LORD rained hail earth, that one cannot be able to see upon the land of Egypt. the earth and they shall eat the residue 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled of that which is escaped, which remaineth with the hail, very grievous, such as there unto you from the hail, and shall eat every was none like it in all the land of Egypt tree which groweth for you out of the field: since it became a nation. 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and 25 And the hail smote throughout all the houses of all thy servants, and the the land of Egypt all that was in the field, houses of all the Egyptians; which neiboth man and beast, and the hail smote ther thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers |