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Exodus 8:17-19
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 8:17-19
New Catholic Bible
17 If you do not let my people go, then I will send flies[a] upon you, upon your ministers, upon your people, and upon your houses. The houses of Egypt will be filled with flies, and even the ground on which they stand will be filled with them. 18 But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen where my people live. There will be no flies there, so that you will know that I, the Lord, am in the land. 19 Thus I will establish a difference between my people and your people. This sign will happen tomorrow.” ’ ”
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- Exodus 8:17 Gnats, flies: the type of bothersome insects that caused so much distress is not certain.
Exodus 8:17-19
New International Version
Exodus 8:17-19
New International Version
17 They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats(A) came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats. 18 But when the magicians(B) tried to produce gnats by their secret arts,(C) they could not.
Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, 19 the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger(D) of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart(E) was hard and he would not listen,(F) just as the Lord had said.
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