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Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said (8:19) And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me (8:20) Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms [of flies] upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms [of flies], and also the ground whereon they [are] (8:21) And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms [of flies] shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I [am] the Lord in the midst of the earth (8:22) And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be (8:23) And the Lord did so; and there came a grievous swarm [of flies] into the house of Pharaoh, and [into] his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm [of flies] (8:24) And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land (8:25) And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? (8:26) We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us (8:27) And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me (8:28) And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord that the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord (8:29) And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord (8:30) And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms [of flies] from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one (8:31) And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go
(8:32)
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