Exodus 8:24
King James VersionSource notes
“And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm into the house of Pharaoh, and his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm”
Context
21Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms and also the ground whereon they
22And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I the LORD in the midst of the earth.
23And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
24And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm into the house of Pharaoh, and his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm
25And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
27We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.