# Exodus 8

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/exodus/8

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: Send my people away, that they may serve me.'"
2. But if you refuse to release them, look, I myself will strike all your borders with frogs.
3. The river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedchamber, onto your bed, into the house of your servants, upon your people, into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs.
4. The frogs will come up on you, on your people, and on all your servants.
5. Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams, over the canals, and over the pools, and bring up the frogs on the land of Egypt.'"
6. Aaron extended his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.
7. The magicians did likewise with their secret arts and brought up the frogs onto the land of Egypt.
8. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to Yahweh that he remove the frogs from me and from my people, and I will send the people away, that they may sacrifice to Yahweh."
9. Moses said to Pharaoh, "Glorify yourself over me: when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, to cut off the frogs from you and your houses, leaving only those in the river?"
10. He said, “Tomorrow.” He said, “According to your word, so that you may know there is none like Yahweh our God.”
11. The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your servants, and your people; they will remain only in the river.
12. Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to Yahweh concerning the matter of the frogs that he had put upon Pharaoh.
13. Yahweh did according to Moses' word, and the frogs died from the houses, from the courtyards, and from the fields.
14. They piled them into heaps upon heaps, and the land stank.
15. Pharaoh saw that there was respite, made his heart heavy, and did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.
16. Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and it will become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.’”
17. They did so, and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the land, and it became lice on people and livestock; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
18. The magicians did so with their secret arts to produce the lice, but they could not, and the lice were on humankind and on the livestock.
19. The magicians said to Pharaoh, “It is God’s finger.” Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not hear them, as Yahweh had spoken.
20. Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and station yourself before Pharaoh—look, he is coming out to the water—and say to him, 'Thus says Yahweh: Send away my people, that they may serve me.'"
21. If you do not let my people go, I will send the swarm against you, your servants, your people, and your houses; the houses of the Egyptians will fill with the swarm, and also the ground on which they are.
22. I will distinguish the land of Goshen on that day, where my people dwell, so no swarm of flies will be there, in order that you may know that I am Yahweh in the midst of the earth.
23. I will put a division between my people and your people: tomorrow this sign will be.
24. Yahweh did so, and a massive swarm came into Pharaoh's house, into his servants' houses, and throughout the land of Egypt; the land was ruined because of the swarm.
25. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land."
26. Moses said, "It is not fitting to do that, for we will sacrifice to Yahweh our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. Look, shall we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?"
27. We will go a three-day journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he says to us.
28. Pharaoh said, "I will send you out so you can sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness—only do not go very far away. Pray for me."
30. Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to Yahweh.
31. Yahweh did according to Moses' word and removed the swarm from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; not one remained.
32. Pharaoh hardened his heart this time too, and did not send the people away.

## Nearby chapters

[Exodus 7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/exodus/7.md)
[Exodus 9](https://www.lumin.faith/read/exodus/9.md)

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