1 ¶ Then the LORD said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, The LORD says this, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague your entire country with frogs:

3 And the river will swarm with frogs, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and upon your bed, and into the house of your servants, and upon your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls:

4 And the frogs will come up on you, and on your people, and on all your servants.

5 And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on 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 of Egypt.

7 But the magicians did the same thing with their secret arts, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat 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 sacrifice to the LORD.

9 And Moses said to Pharaoh, Honor yourself by choosing the time when I should pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to rid you and your houses of frogs, that they will be only in the river.

10 And he said, Tomorrow. And Moses said, Let it be as you say: that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

11 And the frogs will depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people; they will only remain in the river.

12 So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh.

13 And the LORD did as Moses asked; and the frogs died in the houses, in the villages, and in the fields.

14 And the people gathered them together in heaps: and the land stank.

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart, and refused to listen to Moses and Aaron; as the LORD had said.

16 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust on the ground, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice on man and beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

18 And the magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man and beast.

19 Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: but Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he refused to listen to them; as the LORD had said.

20 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; as he comes forth to the water; and say to him, The LORD says this, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

21 Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.

22 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people live, so that no swarms of flies shall be there; that you may know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

23 Thus I will make a distinction between my people and your people: this miracle will take place tomorrow.

24 And the LORD did so; and grievous swarms of flies came into the house of Pharaoh, and into the houses of his servants: and throughout Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies.

25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land of Egypt.

26 But Moses said, It would not be good to do that; because we will sacrifice to the LORD our God offerings that the Egyptians regard as abominable: if we sacrifice what the Egyptians regard as abominable before their eyes, will they not stone us?

27 We will go three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he told us to do.

28 So Pharaoh said, I will let you go, so that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the desert; only you shall not go very far away: and pray to your God for me.

29 Then Moses said, Behold, I am leaving you, and I will pray to the LORD that tomorrow the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people: but Pharaoh must not again deceive us by not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.

30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to the LORD.

31 And the LORD did as Moses asked; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one was left.

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