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22-23 “The Lord's people in Goshen won't be bothered by flies, but your people in the rest of the country will be tormented by them. That's how you will know that the Lord is here in Egypt. This miracle will happen tomorrow.”

24 The Lord kept his promise—the palace and the homes of the royal officials swarmed with flies, and the rest of the country was infested with them as well. 25 Then the king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Go ahead and sacrifice to your God, but stay here in Egypt.”

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23 I will make a distinction[a] between my people and your people.(A) This sign will occur tomorrow.’”

24 And 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.(B)

25 Then Pharaoh summoned(C) Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 8:23 Septuagint and Vulgate; Hebrew will put a deliverance