1 A nd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh: and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me;

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “ Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

2 a nd if thou art refusing to send away, lo, I am smiting all thy border with frogs;

But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs.

3 a nd the River hath teemed frogs, and they have gone up and gone into thy house, and into the inner-chamber of thy bed, and on thy couch, and into the house of thy servants, and among thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs;

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 into your kneading bowls.

4 y ea, on thee, and on thy people, and on all thy servants do the frogs go up.'

So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants.”’”

5 A nd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy hand, with thy rod, against the streams, against the rivers, and against the ponds, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.'

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘ Stretch out 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.’”

6 A nd Aaron stretcheth out his hand against the waters of Egypt, and the frog cometh up, and covereth the land of Egypt;

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

7 a nd the scribes do so with their flashings, and cause the frogs to come up against the land of Egypt.

The magicians did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

8 A nd Pharaoh calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith, `Make supplication unto Jehovah, that he turn aside the frogs from me, and from my people, and I send the people away, and they sacrifice to Jehovah.'

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “ Entreat the Lord that He remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

9 A nd Moses saith to Pharaoh, `Beautify thyself over me; when do I make supplication for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to cut off the frogs from thee and from thy houses -- only in the River they do remain?'

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

10 a nd he saith, `To-morrow.' And he saith, According to thy word, so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God,

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

11 a nd the frogs have turned aside from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; only in the River they do remain.'

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

12 A nd Moses -- Aaron also -- goeth out from Pharaoh, and Moses crieth unto Jehovah, concerning the matter of the frogs which He hath set on Pharaoh;

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

13 a nd Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and the frogs die out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields,

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

14 a nd they heap them up together, and the land stinketh.

So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul.

15 A nd Pharaoh seeth that there hath been a respite, and he hath hardened his heart, and hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as the Lord had said. The Plague of Insects

16 A nd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, and it hath become gnats in all the land of Egypt.'

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats through all the land of Egypt.’”

17 A nd they do so, and Aaron stretcheth out his hand with his rod, and smiteth the dust of the land, and the gnats are on man and on beast; all the dust of the land hath been gnats in all the land of Egypt.

They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats through all the land of Egypt.

18 A nd the scribes do so with their flashings, to bring out the gnats, and they have not been able, and the gnats are on man and on beast;

The magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast.

19 a nd the scribes say unto Pharaoh, `It the finger of God;' and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken.

Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “ This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

20 A nd Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Rise early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, lo, he is going out to the waters, and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, Send My people away, and they serve Me;

Now the Lord said to Moses, “ Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, as he comes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “ Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

21 f or, if thou art not sending My people away, lo, I am sending against thee, and against thy servants, and against thy people, and against thy houses, the beetle, and the houses of the Egyptians have been full of the beetle, and also the ground on which they are.

For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies 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 flies, and also the ground on which they dwell.

22 ` And I have separated in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are staying, that the beetle is not there, so that thou knowest that I Jehovah in the midst of the land,

But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that I, the Lord, am in the midst of the land.

23 a nd I have put a division between My people and thy people: to-morrow is this sign.'

I will put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will occur.”’”

24 A nd Jehovah doth so, and the grievous beetle entereth the house of Pharaoh, and the house of his servants, and in all the land of Egypt the land is corrupted from the presence of the beetle.

Then the Lord did so. And there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt.

25 A nd Pharaoh calleth unto Moses and to Aaron, and saith, `Go, sacrifice to your God in the land;'

Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “ Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.”

26 a nd Moses saith, `Not right to do so, for the abomination of the Egyptians we do sacrifice to Jehovah our God; lo, we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes -- and they do not stone us!

But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for we will sacrifice to the Lord our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us?

27 A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'

We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He commands us.”

28 A nd Pharaoh saith, `I send you away, and ye have sacrificed to Jehovah your God in the wilderness, only go not very far off; make ye supplication for me;'

Pharaoh said, “ I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make supplication for me.”

29 a nd Moses saith, `Lo, I am going out from thee, and have made supplication unto Jehovah, and the beetle hath turned aside from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- to-morrow, only let not Pharaoh add to deceive -- in not sending the people away to sacrifice to Jehovah.'

Then Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall make supplication to the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”

30 A nd Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, and maketh supplication unto Jehovah,

So Moses went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the Lord.

31 a nd Jehovah doth according to the word of Moses, and turneth aside the beetle from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people -- there hath not been left one;

The Lord did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained.

32 a nd Pharaoh hardeneth his heart also at this time, and hath not sent the people away.

But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.