21 Or else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand. 22 And in that day (A)I will set apart the land of (B)Goshen, in which My people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, in order that you may (C)know that I am the Lord in the midst of the (D)land. 23 I will [a]make a difference between My people and your people. Tomorrow this (E)sign shall be.” ’ ”

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  1. Exodus 8:23 Lit. set a ransom, Ex. 9:4; 11:7

21 If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies; even the ground will be covered with them.

22 “‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen,(A) where my people live;(B) no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know(C) that I, the Lord, am in this land. 23 I will make a distinction[a] between my people and your people.(D) This sign will occur tomorrow.’”

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