20 Now the Lord said to Moses, “(A)Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, [a]as (B)he comes out to the water, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “(C)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 21 For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they dwell. 22 (D)But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are [b]living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that [c](E)I, the Lord, am in the midst of the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 8:20 Lit behold
  2. Exodus 8:22 Lit standing
  3. Exodus 8:22 Or I am the Lord in the midst of the earth