Holman Christian Standard Bible

Exodus 8:6-17 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

6. When Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

7. But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

8. Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Ask Yahweh to remove the frogs from me and my people. Then I will let the people go and they can sacrifice to Yahweh.”

9. Moses said to Pharaoh, “You make the choice rather than me. When should I ask on behalf of you, your officials, and your people, that the frogs be taken away from you and your houses, and remain only in the Nile?”

10. “Tomorrow,” he answered.Moses replied, “As you have said, so you may know there is no one like Yahweh our God,

11. the frogs will go away from you, your houses, your officials, and your people. The frogs will remain only in the Nile.”

12. After Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord for help concerning the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

13. The Lord did as Moses had said: the frogs in the houses, courtyards, and fields died.

14. They piled them in countless heaps, and there was a terrible odor in the land.

15. But when Pharaoh saw there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

16. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron: Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and it will become gnats throughout the land of Egypt.”

17. And they did this. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and when he struck the dust of the earth, gnats were on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats throughout the land of Egypt.