The plague of frogs.

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kver. 11.

1 ver. 3.

was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.

22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; 'as the LORD had said.

23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.

24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river.

25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

CHAPTER VIII.

1 Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses,

12 and Moses by prayer removeth them away.

16 The dust is turned into lice, which the

magicians could not do. 20 The swarms of flies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to let the people go, 32 but yet is hardened.

The plague of lice.

12 And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pha-32.11. raoh.

13 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.

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

James 5. 16, 17, 18.

Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my ch. 3. 12, people go, that they may serve me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borRev. 16.13. ders with frogs:

18.

b ch. 7. 14. & 9. 2.

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into Ps. 105.30. thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine 2 Or,dough. ovens, and into thy 2 kneadingtroughs:

e ch. 7. 19.

f Ps. 78. 45. & 103. 30.

8 ch. 7. 11.

b ch. 9. 28. & 10. 17.

1 Kings13.6. Acts 8. 24.

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

5 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.

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

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

ST Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said. Intreat the Num. 21. 7. LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that 3 Or, Have they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, 3 Glory over me: when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the

this honour over me, &c. 4 Or,

against

when.
6 Heb. to
cut off.

20 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.

21 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 o Swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

of

p Luke 10. 18.

3, 9.

1 Sam. 6. P. 8.3. Luke 11:28:

Matt. 12.28.

r ver. 15.

ch. 7. 15.

22 And I will sever in that day 26. 10. 23. the land of Goshen, in which my & 12. 13. people dwell, that no swarms of flies

The plague of flies.

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1491.

2 Heb. a redemption.

8 Or, by to

morrow.

* Ps. 78. 45. & 105. 31.

4 Or, destroyed.

Gen. 43.

23 And I will put 2 a division between my people and thy people: 3 to morrow shall this sign be.

24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

25 ¶ And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.

26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the Detabomination of the Egyptians to the 26. & 12. 31. LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: bintreat 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 but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. 30 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; there remained not one.

32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.

CHAPTER IX.

The murrain of beasts. 8 The plague of

boils and blains. 13 His message about the hail. 22 The plague of hail. 27 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 35 but yet is hardened.

THE HEN the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the

asses,

grievous murrain.

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4 And the LORD shall sever be-4 ch. 8. 22. tween the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.

5 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 Ps. 78. 50. Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

f

7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart off ch. 7. 14. Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

8 T 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 in the sight of Pharaoh.

& 8. 32.

9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains & Rev. 16.2. upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil break-Deut. 28. ing forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

27.

2 Tim. 3.9.

11 And the magicians could not ch.8.18,19. stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had ch.4. 21. spoken unto Moses.

13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morn- 1 ch. 8. 20. ing, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that ch. 8. 10. there is none like me in all the earth.

15 For now I will "stretch out ch. 3. 20. my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

The plague of hail.

BEFORE CHRIST

Heb. set not his heart unto. ch. 7, 23.

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 there of 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.

20 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.

22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toP Rev.16.21. ward heaven, that there may be Phail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

q Josh. 10. 11. Ps. 18. 13. 78.47. & 105. 32. & 148. 8. Is. 30. 30.

23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD

sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of

Ezek. 38.22. Egypt.

Rey, 8.7.

24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a

Pharaoh's heart is hardened.

hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD'S.

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Pa. 24. 1.

30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet 1 Cor. 10. 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.

26, 28.

a Is. 26. 10.

b Ruth 1.22. & 2.23.

1 God threateneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclineth to let the Israelites go. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh supth to Moses. 21 The plague of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth unto Moses, 27 but yet is hardened.

AND in unto Pharaoh: " for 1 have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

the LORD said unto Moses,

2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let people go, that they may serve me.

my

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

5 And they shall cover the 'face of the earth, that one cannot 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 of the field:

8 Heb. by

of Moses. ch. 4. 13.

And they shall fill thy houses, 8 ch. 8.3,21. and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth

unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be ha 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 3 Heb. who, LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?

and who,

&c.

ich. 5. 1.

k ch. 7. 19.

1 ver. 4, 5.

m Ps. 78. 46. & 105. 34.

" Joel 2. 2.

o ver. 5.

9 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, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

11 Not so go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 12 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 all that the hail hath left.

13 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 that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; "before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was PPs. 105.35. darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of

8 Heb. hastened to call.

q ch. 9. 27.

r ch. 9. 28. 1 Kings 13. 6.

. ch. 8. 30.

the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

16 T Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.

19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one fastened. locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

2 Heb.

t Joel 2. 20.

& 11. 10.

20 But the LORD "hardened Pha-ch. 4. 21. raoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

21 T 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 may be felt.

3

ch. 9. 29.

3 Heb. thas

one may feel darkness.

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Ps. 105.28. Egypt three days:

23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of ch. 8. 23. Israel had light in their dwellings.

24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, sèrve the ver. & LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let blittle ones your also go with you.

b ver. 10.

our hands

25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt Heb. into 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 hardened 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 that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.