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1 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Go in to
Pharaoh, for I
have hardened his
heart and the
heart of his
servants, that I
may show these my signs
among them;
2 and
that you may
tell in the hearing
of your son,
and of your
son’s son,
what things I have
done to Egypt,
and my signs which
I have done among
them; that you
may know that
I am the
LORD.”
3 Moses
and Aaron went in
to Pharaoh,
and said to him,
“This is what
the LORD, the
God of the
Hebrews, says: ‘How
long will you
refuse to humble
yourself before me?
Let my people
go, that they
may serve me.
4 Or
else, if you
refuse to let
my people go,
behold, tomorrow I
will bring locusts into
your country,
5 and
they shall cover
the surface of
the earth, so that
one won’t be able
to see the earth.
They shall eat the
residue of that
which has escaped,
which remains to
you from the
hail, and shall eat
every tree which
grows for you
out of the
field.
6 Your
houses shall be
filled, and the
houses of all
your servants, and
the houses of
all the Egyptians,
as neither
your fathers nor
your fathers’ fathers have
seen, since the
day that they
were on the earth
to this day.’ ”
He turned, and
went out from
Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s
servants said to
him, “How long
will this man
be a snare
to us? Let
the men go,
that they may
serve the LORD,
their God. Don’t
you yet know
that Egypt
is destroyed?”
8 Moses
and Aaron were
brought again to
Pharaoh, and
he said to them,
“Go, serve the
LORD your God;
but who are
those who will
go?”
9 Moses said,
“We will go
with our young
and with our
old. We will
go with our
sons and with
our daughters,
with our flocks
and with our
herds; for we
must hold a feast
to the LORD.”
10 He
said to them, “The
LORD be with
you if I
let you go
with your little
ones! See, evil
is clearly before
your faces.
11 Not
so! Go now
you who are
men, and serve
the LORD; for
that is what
you desire!” Then
they were driven
out from Pharaoh’s
presence.
12 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Stretch out your
hand over the land
of Egypt for
the locusts, that
they may come
up on the land
of Egypt, and eat
every herb of
the land, even all
that the hail
has left.”
13 Moses
stretched out his
rod over the land
of Egypt, and
the LORD brought
an east wind
on the land all
that day, and
all night; and
when it was
morning, the east
wind brought
the locusts.
14 The locusts
went up over
all the land
of Egypt, and
rested in all
the borders of
Egypt. They were
very grievous.
Before them there
were no
such locusts as
they, nor will
there ever be
again.
15 For
they covered the
surface of the
whole earth, so
that the land
was darkened, and
they ate every
herb of the
land, and all
the fruit of
the trees which
the hail had
left. There
remained nothing
green, either tree
or herb of
the field, through
all the land
of Egypt.
16 Then
Pharaoh called for
Moses and Aaron in
haste, and he
said, “I have
sinned against the
LORD your God,
and against you.
17 Now
therefore please
forgive my
sin again, and
pray to the
LORD your God,
that he may
also take away
from me this
death.”
18 Moses
went out from
Pharaoh, and
prayed to the
LORD.
19 The
LORD sent an
exceedingly strong
west wind, which
took up
the locusts, and
drove them into
the Red Sea.
There remained not
one locust in all
the borders of
Egypt.
20 But
the LORD hardened
Pharaoh’s heart,
and he didn’t let
the children of
Israel go.
21 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Stretch out your
hand toward the
sky, that there
may be darkness
over the land
of Egypt, even
darkness which may
be felt.”
22 Moses
stretched out his
hand toward the
sky, and there
was a thick
darkness in all
the land of
Egypt for three
days.
23 They didn’t
see one another,
and nobody rose
from his place
for three days;
but all the
children of Israel
had light in their
dwellings.
24 Pharaoh
called to Moses,
and said, “Go,
serve the LORD.
Only let your
flocks and your
herds stay behind. Let
your little ones
also go with
you.”
25 Moses said,
“You must also
give into our
hand sacrifices
and burnt
offerings, that we
may sacrifice to
the LORD our
God.
26 Our
livestock also
shall go with
us. Not a
hoof shall be
left behind, for
of it we
must take to
serve the LORD
our God; and
we don’t know with
what we must
serve the LORD,
until we come
there.”
27 But
the LORD hardened
Pharaoh’s heart,
and he wouldn’t
let them go.
28 Pharaoh said
to him, “Get
away from me!
Be careful to
see my face
no more; for
in the day
you see my
face you shall
die!”
29 Moses
said, “You have
spoken well. I
will see your
face again no
more.”