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behold, I will smite all thy borders 3 with frogs and the river shall 'swarm with frogs, 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, 4 and into thy kneadingtroughs

and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon 5) all thy servants. 01And the LORD Isaid unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out his hand

over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land 7 of Egypt. And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the (8 land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called

for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they 9 may sacrifice unto the LORD. And Moses said unto Pharaoh, "Have Ithou this glory over me: against Iwhat time shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, Ithat the frogs 'be destroyed' from thee and thy houses, 'and' remain in the 10 river only? And he said, "Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the 11 LORD our God. 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 12 only. And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh and Moses cried unto the LORD concerning the frogs which he had brought upon Pha13 raoh. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the 14 'courts', and out of the fields. And they gathered them together in 15 heaps and the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken'.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and

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smite the dust of the earth', that it may become "lice throughout all the 17 land of Egypt. And they did so; land' Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and 'there were lice upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became lice throughout 18 all the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not : land' there were lice upon man, and 19 upon beast. "Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had 'spoken'.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the 22 ground whereon they are. And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the 23 earth. And I will put a division between my people and thy people: 'by! 24 to-morrow shall this sign be. And the LORD did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by 25 reason of the 'swarms of flies. And

Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to 26 your God in the land. And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and 27 will they not stone us? We will go

three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our 28 God, as he shall command us. °And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your

Or, Isand flies Or, fleas • Heb. vas strong.

7 Or, Iset a Isign of deliverance Heb. set redemption. 8 Or, destroyed

VERSION OF 1611.– VIII. 3 bring forth. . abundantly; 4 on; 5 spake . . ponds; 7 so; 8 (may).. (do); 9 when.. to destroy.. that they may; 12 because of against; 13 villages; 14 upon; 15 said; 16 land; 17 for.. it became.. in.. in.. land; 18 so; 19 said; 24 a.. swarm.. into. . swarm. = [34]

God in the wilderness; only 'ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me. 29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: 'only' let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice 30 to the LORD. And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD. 31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; (32 there remained not one. And Pharaoh 1hardened his heart this time also, 'and' he 'did not let the people go.

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91 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that 2 they may serve me. For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold 3 them still, behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the Therds', and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain. 4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that 'belongeth to the 'children' 5 of Israel. And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. 6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died but of the cattle of the children 7 of Israel died not one. °And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not Iso much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn', and he did not let the people go.

8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it 'toward' the heaven 9 in the sight of Pharaoh. °And it shall become small dust 'over' all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the 10 land of Egypt. "And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil

breaking forth with blains upon man 11 and upon beast. And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyp12 tians. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, 'the' God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, (14 that they may serve me. °For I will this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all 15 the earth. For now I had put forth' my hand, and smitten' thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst (16 been cut off from the earth: but in very deed for this cause have I 'made' thee to stand', for to shew thee my power, and that my name may be de17 clared throughout all the earth. 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 day it was founded' even (19) until now. Now therefore send, Ihasten in' thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; for every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, 20 and they shall die. He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 and he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of (23 Egypt. °And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran Idown unto the earth'; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire "mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt

1 Heb. made heavy. Heb. heavy. 3 Or, Isoot 4 Heb. made strong.

Or, flashing continually amidst}

VERSION OF 1611.-28 you; 29 but; 32 (at) .. neither would. IX. 3 oxen sheep; 4 is children's; 7 And.. hardened; 8 towards; 9 in; 11 boil was; 14 (at) ; 15 will stretch out . . that I may smite.. shalt be; 16 And.. raised .. up.. (in); 18 foundation thereof; 19 and gather.. (upon); 20 amongst; 23 (the). . along upon .. ground; 24 there was none like it. = [44]

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And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my 28 people are wicked. Intreat the LORD; for there hath been' enough 'of these' mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD: the thunders' shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth 3 is the LORD'S. But as for thee and

thy servants, I know that ye will not 31 yet fear the LORD God. And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. "But the wheat and the 'spelt were not smitten: for they were 33not grown up. 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. And the heart of Pharaoh *was hardened, 'and' he 'did not let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

101 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 lin (2 the midst of them and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon' Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am the LORD. 3 "And Moses and Aaron 'went' in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

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go, behold, to-morrow will I bring 5 locusts into thy border: and they shall cover the face of the earth, that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out (6) of the field: and thy houses shall be filled', and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and 7 went out from Pharaoh. And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? 8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh : and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: 9 but who are they that shall go? And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we

must hold a feast unto the LORD. (10)°And he said unto them, So be the

LORD with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil 11 is before you. Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that is what yel desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, 'Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even 13 all that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the 14 locusts. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither 15 after them shall be such. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and

Or, howl I have mocked the
Egyptians

Or, what ye purposel Heb. before your face.

VERSION OF 1611.-28 it is.. that there be no more; 29 (and). . thunder.. (how); 31 was; 32 rye; 35 neither would.-X. 1 before him; 2 in.. amongst . . (how); 3 came; 4 (the).. coast; 5 cannot; 6 they.. fill.. which.. (himself); 10 (Let); 11 you did; 13 that; 14 coasts. =[32]

they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, 'either tree' or 'herb' of the field, through all the land of 16 Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for

Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD 17 your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from 18 me this death only. And he went

out from Pharaoh, and intreated the 19 LORD. And the LORD turned lan exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and 'drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the 'border' of Egypt. 20 But the LORD 1hardened Pharaoh's heart, 'and' he did not let the children of Israel go.

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And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which 22 may be felt. And Moses stretched

forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the 23 land of Egypt three days; they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their 24 dwellings. And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones 25) also go with you. And Moses said, Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not 'an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. 27 But the LORD 1hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou 29 seest my face thou shalt die. And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more.

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he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust 2 you out hence altogether. Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of 3 gold. And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

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And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out in5 to the midst of Egypt: and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of 6 cattle. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been' none like it, 7 nor shall be like it any more. °But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and 8 Israel. And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in 'hot' anger.

9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh 'will' not hearken unto you: that my wonders may be multiplied in 10 the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh and the LORD 1hardened Pharaoh's heart, 'and' he 'did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

121 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, say2 ing, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 °Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their 'fathers' houses', a lamb for lan house4) hold' and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house

3 Or, when he shall let you go alto-
gether, he shall utterly thrust
you out hence

Heb. whet. 5 Or, kid

VERSION OF 1611.-15 in the trees. . in the herbs; 19 a mighty.. away.. cast.. coasts; 20 so that.. would; 25 us; 26 a; 28 that. XI. 2 borrow; 5 beasts; 6 was; 8 a great; 9 shall; 10 so that.. would. XII. 3 the house of.. fathers. . a house; 4 the.. let him. = [35]

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take one according to the number of the souls; according to every 'man's' eating 'ye shall make your count for ( the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from the sheep, or 6 from the goats: and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill 1 it at even1. And they shall take of the blood, and 'put' it on the two side posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. (8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall 9 eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden

at all with water, but roast with fire; lits' head with 'its' legs and with the 10 inwards thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with 11 fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand: and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the 12 LORD'S passover. °For I will go through the land of Egypt in that! night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgements': 13) I am the LORD. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where 'ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and 'there' shall 'no' plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the 14 land of Egypt. And this day shall

be unto you for a memorial, and 'yeꞌ shall keep it a feast to the LORD: throughout your generations Iye' shall keep it a feast by an ordinance, for 15 ever. "Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth Íeavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut 16) off from Israel. And in the first day there shall be to you 'an' holy convocation, and in the seventh day lan! holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be 17 done of you. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in

1 Heb. between the two evenings.

2 Or, for a destroyer\

this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day Ithroughout your generations by an 18 ordinance for ever. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. (19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a Isojourner', or one that is born in 20 the land. "Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

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Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, "Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the pass22 over. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house 23 until the morning. For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite 24 you. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to 25 thy sons for ever. And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall 26 keep this service. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean 'ye! by this ser27 vice? that ye shall say, It is the sac

rifice of the LORD'S passover, 5who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed (28 the head and worshipped. And the children of Israel went and did 'so'; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

29) And it came to pass at midnight, that the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that 5 Or, for that he passed

3 Or, IGo forth
4 Or, Ikids!

VERSION OF 1611.- it.. man.. his; 5 (out); 6 in the evening; 7 strike.. upper door post of; 8 (and); 9 his.. his.. purtenance; 10 and; 12 pass.. this.. judgment; 13 you..the.. not; 14 you ..you; 16 a.. there shall be a; 17 armies.. in; 19 (even). . stranger; 21 a lamb; 22 at; 26 you; 28 (away).= [39]

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