1. Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him: This is what the Lord says: Let my people go so that they can worship me.
2. If you refuse to let them go, then I’ll send a plague of frogs over your whole country.
3. The Nile will overflow with frogs. They’ll get into your palace, into your bedroom and onto your bed, into your officials’ houses, and among all your people, and even into your ovens and bread pans.
4. The frogs will crawl up on you, your people, and all your officials."
5. And the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your shepherd’s rod over the rivers, the canals, and the marshes, and make the frogs crawl up all over the land of Egypt.’"
6. So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt. The frogs crawled up and covered the land of Egypt.
7. However, the Egyptian religious experts were able to do the same thing by their secret knowledge. They too made frogs crawl up onto the land of Egypt.
8. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "If you pray to the Lord to get rid of the frogs from me and my people, then I’ll let the people go so that they can offer sacrifices to the Lord."
9. Moses said to Pharaoh, "Have it your way. When should I pray for you and your officials and your people to remove the frogs from your houses, courtyards, and fields? They’ll stay only in the Nile."