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For each one threw down his stick and it became a snake. But Aaron's special stick ate their sticks.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he is going out to the water. Wait for him beside the Nile River. Take in your hand the special stick that became a snake.

And all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink. For they could not drink the water of the Nile.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "You pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people. And I will let the people go, so they may give a gift in worship to the Lord."

Moses said to Pharaoh, "The honor is yours to tell me when I should pray for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs may be sent away from you and your houses and stay only in the Nile."

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and wait for Pharaoh as he goes out to the water. Say to him, ‘The Lord says this: "Let My people go, so they may worship Me.

For if you will not let My people go, I will send many flies upon you and upon your servants and upon your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and also the ground will be covered with them.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Go and give a gift in worship to your God here in the land."

But Moses said, "It is not right to do this. For the Egyptians hate what we would give in worship to the Lord our God. If the Egyptians see us giving this gift and doing what they think is sinful, will they not throw stones at us?

So Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, so you may give a gift to the Lord your God. But do not go very far away. Pray for me."

For if you will not let them go, and still hold them,

The Lord made a time for this, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land."

The wonder-workers could not stand in front of Moses because of the sores. For the sores were on the wonder-workers and on all the Egyptians.

For this time I will send all My troubles on you and your servants and your people. So you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

For by now I could have put out My hand and hit you and your people with much trouble and great suffering. You would then have been destroyed from the earth.

Have your cattle and whatever you have in the field brought to a safe place. For the hail will come down upon every man and animal that is in the field and is not brought home. And they will die."'"

Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. He said to them, "I have sinned this time. The Lord is right. I and my people are guilty.

Pray to the Lord. For there has been enough of God's thunder and hail. And I will let you go. You will stay here no longer."

The flax and the barley were destroyed. For these plants had just begun to grow.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh. For I have made his heart and the heart of his servants hard, so that I may do My powerful works among them.