Exodus 8:8–19

⁸Then Pharaoh ^acalled for Moses and Aaron and said, “^bEntreat the Lord that He remove the frogs from me and from my people; and ^cI will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

⁹Moses said to Pharaoh, “¹The honor is yours to tell me: when shall I entreat for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs be ²destroyed from you and your houses, that they may be left only in the Nile?”

¹⁰Then he said, “Tomorrow.” So he said, “May it be according to your word, that you may know that there is ^ano one like the Lord our God.

¹¹“The ^afrogs will depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile.”

¹²Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and ^aMoses cried to the Lord concerning the frogs which He had ¹inflicted upon Pharaoh.

¹³The Lord did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courts, and the fields.

¹⁴So they piled them in heaps, and the land ¹became foul.

¹⁵But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he ¹hardened his heart and ^adid not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

The Plague of Flies

¹⁶Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become ¹gnats through all the land of Egypt.’ ”

¹⁷They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were ¹gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became ^agnats through all the land of Egypt.

¹⁸The ¹magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth ²gnats, but ^athey could not; so there were gnats on man and beast.

¹⁹Then the ¹magicians said to Pharaoh, “^aThis is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was ²hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said.