A reading from the book of Exodus.

Then the Lord said to Moses,

Go into Pharaoh and say to him,

Thus says the Lord,

Let my people go, that they may serve me.

But if you refuse to let them go, behold,

I will plague all your country with frogs.

The Nile shall swarm with frogs that shall come up into your house and into your

bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants, and your people, and into your

ovens and your kneading bowls. The frogs shall come up on you, and on your people, and on all your

servants. And the Lord said to Moses, say to Aaron, stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers,

over the canals, and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.

So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the

land of Egypt, but the magicians did the same by their secret arts and made frogs come up on the land of

Egypt. Then Pharaoh called to Moses and Aaron and said,

Plead with the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people, and I will let the

people go to sacrifice to the Lord. Moses said to Pharaoh,

Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you, and for your servants and for your people,

that the frogs be cut off from you in your houses and be left only in the Nile.

And he said, tomorrow.

Moses said, be it as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God.

The frogs shall go away from you in your houses,

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