In Hebrew texts 8:1-4 is numbered 7:26-29, and 8:5-32 is numbered 8:1-28. 1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 2If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. 3The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. 4The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’ ”
5Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the streams and canals and ponds, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.’ ”
6So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land. 7But the magicians did the same things by their secret arts; they also made frogs come up on the land of Egypt.
8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
9Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”
10“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said.
Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God. 11The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
12After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. 13And the Lord did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. 14They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. 15But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said.
The Plague of Gnats
16Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the ground,’ and throughout the land of Egypt the dust will become gnats.” 17They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. 18But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not.
Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, 19the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said.
The Plague of Flies
20Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and confront Pharaoh as he goes to the river and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 21If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.
22“ ‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land. 23I will make a distinction8:23 Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew will put a deliverance between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.’ ”
24And the Lord did this. Dense swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials; throughout Egypt the land was ruined by the flies.
25Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”
26But Moses said, “That would not be right. The sacrifices we offer the Lord our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. And if we offer sacrifices that are detestable in their eyes, will they not stone us? 27We must take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, as he commands us.”
28Pharaoh said, “I will let you go to offer sacrifices to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”
29Moses answered, “As soon as I leave you, I will pray to the Lord, and tomorrow the flies will leave Pharaoh and his officials and his people. Only let Pharaoh be sure that he does not act deceitfully again by not letting the people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
30Then Moses left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, 31and the Lord did what Moses asked. The flies left Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not a fly remained. 32But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the people go.
蛙災
1耶和華對摩西說：「你去告訴法老，『耶和華說，放我的子民離開，他們好事奉我。 2如果你不肯讓他們去，我就使青蛙來毀壞你的全境。 3尼羅河將充滿青蛙，牠們要跳到你的宮裡、臥室和床鋪上，跳到你的臣僕和百姓家裡，跳到你的爐灶和揉麵盆裡。 4青蛙還會跳到你和你的百姓及眾臣僕身上。』」
5耶和華對摩西說：「你叫亞倫向埃及各地的江河、溪流和池塘伸杖，使青蛙遍佈埃及。」 6亞倫就向水伸杖，青蛙就遍佈了埃及全境。 7巫師也行邪術如法炮製，使青蛙遍佈埃及。 8法老召摩西和亞倫進宮，對他們說：「你們要祈求耶和華，使這些青蛙離開我和我的百姓，我便讓你們的百姓去獻祭給耶和華。」 9摩西對法老說：「好吧，你要我在什麼時候為你以及你的臣僕和百姓禱告，叫這些青蛙離開你和你的宮殿，只留在河裡呢？」 10法老說：「明天。」摩西說：「就照你說的，這樣你就知道我們的上帝耶和華獨一無二。 11青蛙會離開你、你的宮殿、你的臣僕和百姓，只留在河裡。」 12摩西和亞倫離開法老後，摩西就為法老所受的蛙災一事向耶和華呼求。 13耶和華答應了摩西的祈求。在房屋內、院子裡和田野中的青蛙都死了。 14百姓把青蛙的屍體堆積起來，埃及全境都充滿了死青蛙的腐臭氣味。 15法老看見災難緩解，便又硬著心，不肯聽從摩西和亞倫的話，正如耶和華所言。
蝨災
16耶和華對摩西說：「你吩咐亞倫伸出他的杖擊打地上的塵土，使埃及境內的塵土變成蝨子。」 17他們就照上帝的吩咐去做，亞倫伸杖擊打地上的塵土，蝨子就跑到人和牲畜身上，全埃及的塵土都變成了蝨子。 18巫師們也試圖用邪術變出蝨子來，卻無法成功。埃及的百姓和牲畜身上長滿了蝨子。 19巫師們對法老說：「這是上帝的作為。」法老仍然硬著心，不肯答應摩西和亞倫的要求，正如耶和華所言。
蒼蠅之災
20耶和華對摩西說：「明天清早，你趁法老去河邊時去見他，告訴他，『耶和華說，放我的子民走，他們好事奉我， 21不然我就叫成群的蒼蠅飛到你、你的臣僕和百姓身上，進到你們各自的家中，使埃及遍地佈滿蒼蠅。 22但那天，我必把我子民居住的歌珊分別出來，那裡必沒有成群的蒼蠅，這樣你就知道我耶和華主宰天下。 23我要把我的子民跟你的百姓分開，明天我必行這神蹟。』」 24耶和華果然這樣行。密密麻麻的蒼蠅飛進法老的王宮和他臣僕的家裡，埃及全國都受到蒼蠅的毀壞。 25法老召見摩西和亞倫，對他們說：「去吧，就在此地給你們的上帝獻祭吧。」 26摩西說：「這怎麼行？我們獻給我們的上帝耶和華的祭物會令埃及人厭惡。如果我們在埃及人面前獻令他們厭惡的祭物，他們豈不會拿石頭打死我們？ 27我們要照我們上帝耶和華的吩咐離開這裡，走三天的路程到曠野去獻祭給祂。」 28法老說：「我讓你們去曠野獻祭給你們的上帝耶和華，只是不要走得太遠。你們要為我祈求。」 29摩西說：「我離開這裡就去祈求耶和華，使成群的蒼蠅明天就離開你及你的臣僕和百姓，但這次你不可再食言，阻止以色列人去向耶和華獻祭。」 30摩西說完以後，便離開王宮，去祈求耶和華。 31耶和華就照摩西的祈求，使成群的蒼蠅離開法老及其臣僕和百姓，一隻也沒有留下。 32這一次，法老又硬著心，不肯讓百姓離開埃及。
