Exodus 8:1-19

Then the LORD told Moses, “Go to the king of Egypt and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Let my people go to worship me. If you refuse, I will punish Egypt with frogs. The Nile River will be filled with frogs. They will come up into your palace, into your bedroom, on your bed, into the houses of your officers, and onto your people. They will come into your ovens and into your baking pans. The frogs will jump all over you, your people, and your officers.’ ” Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron to hold his walking stick in his hand over the rivers, canals, and ponds. Make frogs come up out of the water onto the land of Egypt.” So Aaron held his hand over all the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up out of the water and covered the land of Egypt. The magicians used their tricks to do the same thing, so even more frogs came up onto the land of Egypt. The king called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the LORD.” Moses said to the king, “Please set the time when I should pray for you, your people, and your officers. Then the frogs will leave you and your houses and will remain only in the Nile.” The king answered, “Tomorrow.” Moses said, “What you want will happen. By this you will know that there is no one like the LORD our God. The frogs will leave you, your houses, your officers, and your people. They will remain only in the Nile.” After Moses and Aaron left the king, Moses asked the LORD about the frogs he had sent to the king. And the LORD did as Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the yards, and in the fields. The Egyptians put them in piles, and the whole country began to stink. But when the king saw that they were free of the frogs, he became stubborn again. He did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron to raise his walking stick and strike the dust on the ground. Then everywhere in Egypt the dust will change into gnats.” They did this, and when Aaron raised the walking stick that was in his hand and struck the dust on the ground, everywhere in Egypt the dust changed into gnats. The gnats got on the people and animals. Using their tricks, the magicians tried to do the same thing, but they could not make the dust change into gnats. The gnats remained on the people and animals. So the magicians told the king that the power of God had done this. But the king was stubborn and refused to listen to them, just as the LORD had said.