Exodus 8:22

²⁰ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

²¹ But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.

But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

²³ I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”

²⁴ And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.

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BSB: But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.
KJV: And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.
WEB: I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there, to the end you may know that I am the LORD on the earth.
ASV: And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth.
DARBY: And I will distinguish in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no dog-flies shall be there; that thou mayest know that I Jehovah am in the midst of the land.
BLB: And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are standing, that no swarm shall be there, in order that you may know that I, YHWH, [am] in the midst of the land.

ÅB: Men på den dag vil jeg undta Gosen, hvor mitt folk bor, så det ikke skal være fluesvermer der; da skal du kjenne at jeg, Herren, er midt i landet.
OTB: Men på den dagen vil jeg sette landet Gosen, der mitt folk bor, til side, så det ikke vil være noen svermer av fluer der, så du vil vite at jeg, Herren, er i dette landet.
B1930: Men på den dag vil jeg undta Gosen, hvor mitt folk bor, så det ikke skal være fluesvermer der; da skal du kjenne at jeg, Herren, er midt i landet.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 9:4
But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”
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Malachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
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Exodus 10:23
No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
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Exodus 9:6
And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.
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Ezekiel 30:19
So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
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Psalms 110:2
The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
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Exodus 12:13
The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 11:6–7
Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
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