1. Responsive Reading:
Exodus 8:1 –
Exodus 8:6 1

2. And all the Egyptians digged round about the river

3. for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river

4. And seven days 4

5. were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.5

6. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh,

7. and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go,

8. that they may serve me.

9. And if thou refuse
to let them go, 9

10. behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:10

11. And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly,11

12. which shall go up and
come into thine house, 12

13. and into thy bedchamber,
and upon thy bed, 13

14. and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people,14

15. and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:15

16. And the frogs shall
come up both on thee, 16

17. and upon all thy servants.
and upon thy people,
and upon all thy servants. 17

18. And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,18

19. Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams,19

20. over the rivers,
and over the ponds, 20

21. and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.21

22. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt;22

23. and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.23

24. Read white verses Platform Elder Responsive Reading:
(Exodus 8:7 – Exodus 8:14) 24

25. And the magicians did so with their enchantments,

26. and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.

27. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said,27

28. Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me,28

29. and I will let the people go,
and from my people;
and I will let the people go, 29

30. that they may do sacrifice
unto the LORD. 30

31. And Moses said unto
Pharaoh, Glory over me:

32. when shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants,

33. destroy the frogs from thee
and for thy people, to
destroy the frogs from thee

34. and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only?

35. And he said, To morrow. 35

36. And he said, Be it
according to thy word: 36

37. that thou mayest know that there is none37

38. like unto the LORD our God.38

39. And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses,39

40. and from thy servants,
and from thy people; 40

41. they shall remain
in the river only 41

42. And Moses and Aaron
went out from Pharaoh: 42

43. and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs43

44. which he had brought
against Pharaoh. 44

45. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses;45

46. and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages,46

47. and out of the fields. 47

48. And they gathered them together upon heaps:48

49. and the land stank. 49

50. Responsive Reading:
Exodus 8:15 – Exodus 8:22 50

51. But when Pharaoh saw
that there was respite,

52. he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them;

53. as the LORD had said.

54. And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron,54

55. Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land,55

56. that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.56

57. And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand

58. with his rod, and smote
the dust of the earth,

59. and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land

60. became lice throughout
all the land of Egypt.

61. And the magicians did so with their enchantments61

62. to bring forth lice,
but they could not: 62

63. so there were lice upon
man, and upon beast. 63

64. Then the magicians
said unto Pharaoh, 64

65. This is the finger of God: and Pharaohs heart was hardened,65

66. and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.66

67. And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning,67

68. and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water;68

69. and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go,69

70. that they may serve me. 70

71. Else, if thou wilt not let
my people go, behold, 71

72. I will send swarms
of flies upon thee, 72

73. and upon thy servants,
and upon thy people, 73

74. and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians74

75. shall be full of
swarms of flies, 75

76. and also the ground
whereon they are. 76

77. And I will sever in that
day the land of Goshen, 77

78. in which my
people dwell, 78

79. that no swarms of
Flies shall be there; 79

80. to the end thou
mayest know 80

81. that I am the LORD in
the midst of the earth. 81

82. Responsive Reading:
Exodus 8:23 –
Exodus 8:32 82

83. And I will put a division between my people and thy people:

84. to morrow shall this sign be.

85. And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies85

86. into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants houses,86

87. and into all the
land of Egypt: 87

88. the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.88

89. And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said

90. Go ye, sacrifice to
your God in the land.

91. And Moses said, It
is not meet so to do; 91

92. for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians92

93. to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of93

94. the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?94

95. journey into the wilderness,
We will go three days
journey into the wilderness, 95

96. and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.96

97. And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice97

98. to the LORD your
God in the wilderness; 98

99. only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.99

100. And Moses said, Behold,
I go out from thee,
100

101. and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies
101

102. may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants,
102

103. and from his
people, to morrow:
103

104. but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more
104

105. in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD.
105

106. And Moses went out from Pharaoh,
106

107. and intreated the LORD.
107

108. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses;

109. and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh,

110. from his servants,
and from his people;

111. there remained not one.

112. And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also,
112

113. neither would he let the
people go.
113