18 The magicians tried to produce gnats using their occult practices, but they could not. The gnats remained on people and animals.(A)

19 “This is the finger of God,”(B) the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

The Fourth Plague: Swarms of Flies

20 The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh when you see him going out to the water. Tell him: This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship[a] me.(C)

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