Catholic Public Domain Version

Exodus 8:13-18 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

13. And the Lord acted according to the word of Moses. And the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields.

14. And they gathered them together into immense piles, and the land was polluted.

15. Then Pharaoh, seeing that relief had been provided, hardened his own heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had instructed.

16. And the Lord said to Moses: "Say to Aaron: 'Extend your staff and strike the dust of the earth. And let there be stinging insects throughout the entire the land of Egypt.' "

17. And they did so. And Aaron extended his hand, holding the staff, and he struck the dust of the earth, and there came stinging insects upon men and upon beasts. All the dust of the earth was turned into stinging insects through all the land of Egypt.

18. And the sorcerers, with their incantations, did similarly, in order to bring forth stinging insects, but they were not able. And there were stinging insects, as much on men as on beasts.