Exodus — Chapter 8

vnto him : This faith the WO Lord: Dimifle my people for to facrifice vnto p me. 2, but (4) if thou wilt not dimiffe them , be- em hold I wil firike al thy coafts with frogs. :. And 7 the riuer fhal bubble with trogs,which thal come vp, and enter into thy houfe , and thy bed-cham- ber, and vpon thy bed, and into the houfes of thy feruants , and vnto thy people , and into thy ouens , and into the rema;- nes of thy meates: 4. and vnto thee , andro thy people, andtoal thy feruants fhal the frogs enter, <. And our Lord faid to M oyfes : Say vnto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand vpon the flouds, and vpenthe rivers and the pooles , and bring forth (1) frogs vponthe Land of Egypt. 6. And Aaron ftretched forth his hand vpon the waters of AEoypt, and the frogs came yp, and couered the Land of AEgypt. 7. And the enchanters alfo by their enchantments did in like manner » andthey brought forth frogs vpon the Land of Agypt. 8. And Pharao called Moyfes and Aaron , and faid to them : () Pray ye tothe Lord to take away the frogs from me & trd my people-and I wil dimiffe the people to facrifice vnto the Lord. 9. And Moyfes {aid to Pharao:Appoint me when I shal pray for thee , and for thy feruants , and for thy people, thatthe frogs may be driuen away trom thee and from thy houfe , and from thy fer- uants,and from th y people, and may remaine only in the riuer. 10. Who anfwered : To morow, But he faid: According to thy word wil] doe; that thou maift know that there is not theliketo the Lord our God,

and shal remaine only in the riuer, 12, And Moyfesand Aaron went forth from Pharao : and Moyles cried to our Lord for the promife , cenccrning the fro which he had agrced to Pharao. 13. And our Lord did according to the word of Moyfes : andthe frogs dyed out of the houfes , and out of the villages , and out of the fields: 14, and they gathered them together rot. 15. And Pharao fceing that reft was giuen (d) he hardned his owne hart; and heard them Not, as into huge heapes , and the earth did our ee ans of AEgypt. EXODVS. 16! our Lord had commanded. 16. And our Lord faid to Moyfes: Speake to Aaron: Stretch forth thy rod,and ftrike the duft of the earth : and be there (¢) {ciniphes in the whole Land of AEgypt. 17, And they cid fo. And Aaron ftretched forth his hand, holding the rod: and he itrucke the duft of the earth , and there were made fciniphes on men and on beafts ; al the duft of the earth was turned into {ciniphes through the whole Land of AEgypt. 18. And the enchanters with their enchantments practizedinlike manner to bring forth {ciniphes, and (f) they could not:and there were fciniphes as wel on menas on beafts.

The fourshis of fires. 29. Pha- 140 Againe promifech to difmiffc he people of God, but doth s not,

This is the finger of God. And Pharaoes hart was indurate,and he heard them not as our Lerd hadcommanded. 20. Our Lord alfo faid to Moyfes: Arife early , and ftand before Pharao:for he wil goe forthto the waters:&thou fhalt fay to him : This faith our Lord ; Difimifie my people to facrifice vnto me 2:.And if thou wilt not difmifle thé, behold J wil {édin vp6 thee & vp thy feruants,& vpon thy people,and vpon thy houfes al kind of ()flies: and the houfes of Agypt thal be filled with flies of diuers kinds,and the whole land wherein they fhal be.22.And I wil make the Land of Geffen merueilous in that day , wherin my peopleis , fo that flies fhal nor be there:& thou fhalt know that am the Lord in the middes of the earth, 23.And I wil put a diuijion between my people & thy people:to norow fhal this figne be. 24. And Our Lord did fo.Andthere came a very grie- uous flieinto the houfes of Pharao & ot his feruants,& into al the Land of € gypt:& the Land was corrupted by fuch kind of flies. 25. And Pha- taocalled Moyfes & Aaron, and faid to them.Goe and facrifice to your God inthis land.26. And Moyfes faid : It can not fo be done: for if we fhal offer the abominations of the Agyptians to the Lord our God, and (+) we kil thofe things which the Agyptians doe worfhip before them, they wil beate vs downc with ftones. 27. We wil goe forth three dayes iourney into the wildernes: and we wil faerifice vntothe Lord our ‘God,as he hath commandedvs. 28. And Pharao faid :1 wil difmiffe you to facrifice to the Lord your God in the defert : but goe no farder; pray tor me. 25. And Moyfes faid : Being gone forth from thee , I wil _ pray toour Lord: and the fite {hal depart trom Pharao , and from his _feruants,and from his people ro morow : but decciuc no more fo, that thou wilt not difmiffe the people to facrifice vnto our Lord. 30. And Moyfes being gone forth irom Pharao prayed our Lord. 31. Who did according to his word ; and he tooke away the flies from Pharao, and , trom his feruants , and from his people : tnere was left not fo muchas one, 3z. And Pharaocs hart(&)was hardned , fo that ncither thistime , would he diffimiffe the people, CHAP. Ce) The 3. pla gue fciniphes, {male flying deafts, efpe- cially mole- {ting més eves. Philola.de vita Meys, of) Tre dinelst power limired by God, Ied1, Ia, '(g) The encha- iters Conuinced jin their vnder~ 'ftanding, con= ‘feffed the ‘power of God, jbut not chaged 'in aTe@ion, 'perfifted in imalice againit the truth, \(h} The 4-pla- -gue,Aboun. idace of al forts 1of fies, ()AEgyptiasn worfhipping beafts thought it intolerable abomination ito kil, or eate, -or burne them ‘in facrifice, :Gen. 43,032,

(a) The ¢.pla- gue,Peftilence amdégft cartel, (6) Notalthe beafts died for ifome died in the 7.& 19. pla- gues ,but al that died per- tained to the AEcyptians, q(<) in Hebs, Va\chéad leb Parhash, Pha- rases bart hard- ned it-felfe, -{@) Thes plague Boyles in men jand beatts, e)PooreEn- chamers , that jcould neither efcape nor jcure this plague, df) In Hebrew the chimney ,and toed before Pharao, and Moyfes {prinkled itinto the EX ODVS. Plagues