4. The frogs will be all over you, your people, and your officials.’”
5. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron to hold the walking stick in his hand over the canals, rivers, and lakes. Then the frogs will come out onto the land of Egypt.”
6. So Aaron raised his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs began coming out of the water and covered the land of Egypt.
7. The magicians used their magic to do the same thing—so even more frogs came out onto the land in Egypt!
8. Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Ask the Lord to remove the frogs from me and my people. I will let the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
9. Moses said to Pharaoh, “I will pray for you, your people, and your officials. Then the frogs will leave you and your houses. They will remain only in the river. When do you want the frogs to go away?”
10. Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “It will happen as you say. In this way you will know that there is no god like the Lord our God.
11. The frogs will leave you, your house, your officials, and your people. They will remain only in the river.”
12. Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh. Moses prayed to the Lord about the frogs he had sent against Pharaoh.
13. And the Lord did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the yards, and in the fields.
14. They began to rot, and the whole country began to stink.
15. But when Pharaoh saw that they were free of the frogs, he again became stubborn. Pharaoh did not do what Moses and Aaron had asked him to do. This happened just as the Lord had said.
16. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron to raise his stick and hit the dust on the ground, and everywhere in Egypt dust will become lice.”
17. They did this. Aaron raised the stick in his hand and hit the dust on the ground, and everywhere in Egypt the dust became lice. The lice got on the animals and the people.
18. The magicians used their magic and tried to do the same thing. But the magicians could not make lice come from the dust. The lice remained on the animals and the people.
19. So the magicians told Pharaoh that the power of God did this. But Pharaoh refused to listen to them. This happened just as the Lord had said.