The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end.

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

But they exclaimed, “No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food!

And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them.

God saw the Israelites, and God understood….

I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders.

Frogs will come up against you, your people, and all your servants.”’”

The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank.

You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them.

and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald;

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”

Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped

“‘If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments,

Then all the community raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.

Then the Lord said, “I have forgiven them as you asked.

When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground.

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up on Mount Hor.

Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, and Balak also went his way.