Exodus 8:1–20

The Second Plague: Frogs

8And the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Let My people go, ^athat they may serve Me. ²But if you ^brefuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your territory with ^cfrogs. ³So the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, into your ^dbedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your servants, on your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading bowls. ⁴And the frogs shall come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.” ’ ”

⁵Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ^e‘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.’ ” ⁶So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and ^fthe frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. ^7gAnd the magicians did so with their ¹enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt.

⁸Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, ^h“Entreat ²the Lord that He may take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people ⁱgo, that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

⁹And Moses said to Pharaoh, “Accept the honor of saying when I shall intercede for you, for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only.”

¹⁰So he said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “Let it be according to your word, that you may know that ^jthere is no one like the Lord our God. ¹¹And the frogs shall depart from you, from your houses, from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only.”

¹²Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses ^kcried out to the Lord concerning the frogs which He had brought against Pharaoh. ¹³So the Lord did according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courtyards, and out of the fields. ¹⁴They gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. ¹⁵But when Pharaoh saw that there was ^lrelief, ^mhe hardened his heart and did not heed them, as the Lord had said.

The Third Plague: Lice

¹⁶So the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, so that it may become ³lice throughout all the land of Egypt.’ ” ¹⁷And they did so. For Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and ⁿit became lice on man and beast. All the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹⁸Now ^othe magicians so worked with their ⁴enchantments to bring forth lice, but they ^pcould not. So there were lice on man and beast. ¹⁹Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is ^qthe ⁵finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s ^rheart grew hard, and he did not heed them, just as the Lord had said.

The Fourth Plague: Flies

²⁰And the Lord said to Moses, ^s“Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes out to the water. Then say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^t“Let My people go, that they may serve Me.