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¹ Afterward the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde, Let my people goe, that they may serue me:

² And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders withThere is nothing so weak that God cannot use it to overcome the greatest power of man.frogs:

³ And the riuer shal scral ful of frogges, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy chamber, where thou sleepest, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes.

⁴ Yea, the frogges shall climbe vp vpon thee, and on thy people, and vpon all thy seruants.

⁵ Also the Lord said vnto Moses, Say thou vnto Aaron, Stretch out thine hande with thy rod vpon the streames, vpon the riuers, and vpon the ponds, and cause frogs to come vp vpon 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 ofBut Goshen, where God's people dwelt, was excepted.Egypt.

⁷ And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorceries, and brought frogges vp vpon the land of Egypt.

⁸ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said,Not love but fear causes the infidels to seek God.Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

⁹ And Moses said vnto Pharaoh, Concerning me, euen command when I shall pray for thee, and for thy seruants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogges from thee and from thine houses, that they may remaine in the riuer only.

¹⁰ Then he said, To morowe; he answered, Be it as thou hast said, that thou maiest know, that there is none like vnto the Lord our God.

¹¹ So the frogges shall depart from thee, and from thine houses, and from thy seruantes, and from thy people: onely they shall remaine in the riuer.

¹² Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde concerning the frogges, which hee had sent vnto Pharaoh.

¹³ And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogsIn things of this life God often hears the prayers of the just for the ungodly.died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

¹⁴ And they gathered the together by heaps, and the land stanke of them.

¹⁵ But when Pharaoh sawe that hee had rest giuen him, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said.

¹⁶ Againe the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Stretche out the rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may bee turned to lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹⁷ And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth: and lyce came vpon man and vpon beast: all the dust of the earth was lyce throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹⁸ And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but theyGod confounded their wisdom and authority in a thing most vile.could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

¹⁹ Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is]They acknowledged that this was done by God's power and not by sorcery; (Luk_11:20).the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.

²⁰ Moreouer the Lorde sayd to Moses, Rise vp earely in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh (lo, hee will come forth vnto the water) and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serue me.

²¹ Els, if thou wilt not let my people goe, behold, I will send swarmes of flies both vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shalbe full of swarmes of flies, and the ground also whereon they are.

²² But ye land of Goshe, where my people are, wil I cause to be wonderfull in that day, so that no swarmes of flies shalbe there, that thou maiest know that I am the Lorde in the middes of the earth.

²³ And I will make a deliuerance of my people from thy people: to morowe shall this miracle be.

²⁴ And the Lorde did so: for there came great swarmes of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, so that through all the lande of Egypt, the earth was corrupt by the swarmes of flies.

²⁵ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and saide, Goe, doe sacrifice vnto your God in this lande.

²⁶ And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice theFor the Egyptians worshipped various beasts, ox, sheep and such like which the Israelites offered in sacrifice, a thing the Egyptians abhorred to see.abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?

²⁷ Let vs go three dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, as he hath commanded vs.

²⁸ And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall notSo the wicked instruct God's messengers how far they may go.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: but let not Pharaoh dealHe could not judge his heart, but yet he charged him to do this honestly.deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

³⁰ So Moses went out from Pharaoh & prayed vnto the Lorde.

³¹ And the Lord did according to the saying of Moses, and the swarmes of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his seruants, and from his people, and there remained not one.

³² And PharaohWhere God does not give faith, no miracles can prevail.hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.