8. So the king called for Moses and Aaron. He said, “Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
9. Moses said to the king, “Please set the time that I should pray for you, your people and your officers. Then the frogs will leave you and your houses. They will remain only in the Nile.”
10. The king answered, “Tomorrow.”Moses said, “What you want will happen. By this you will know that there is no one like the Lord our God.
11. The frogs will leave you, your houses, your officers and your people. They will remain only in the Nile.”
12. Moses and Aaron left the king. Moses asked the Lord about the frogs he had sent to the king.
13. And the Lord did as Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the yards and in the fields.
14. The Egyptians put them in piles. The whole country began to stink.
15. When the king saw that they were free of the frogs, he became stubborn again. He did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
16. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron to raise his walking stick and strike the dust on the ground. Then everywhere in Egypt the dust will change into gnats.”
17. They did this. Aaron raised the walking stick that was in his hand and struck the dust on the ground. Then everywhere in Egypt the dust changed into gnats. The gnats got on the people and animals.