KJV King James Version
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
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Exodus 8:23
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will make a distinction between My people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow.’”
WEB World English Bible
I will put a division between my people and your people: by tomorrow shall this sign be.”’”
ASV American Standard Version
And I will put a division between my people and thy people: by to-morrow shall this sign be.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I have put a division between My people and thy people: to-morrow is this sign.’
Surrounding context — Exodus 8
20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms [of flies] 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 [of flies], and also the ground whereon they [are].
22 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.
23 And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be.
24 And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm [of flies] into the house of Pharaoh, and [into] his servants’ houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm [of flies].
25 And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
26 And 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?
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