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And the
Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I
have hardened his heart, and the heart of his
servants, that I might shew these my signs before
him:
02 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of
thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have
wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done
among them; that ye may know how that I am the
Lord.
03 And Moses and Aaron came in unto
Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord
God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to
humble thyself before me? let my people go, that
they may serve me.
04 Else, if thou refuse to let my people
go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts
into thy coast:
05 And they shall cover the face of the
earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth:
and they shall eat the residue of that which is
escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail,
and shall eat every tree which groweth for you
out of the field:
06 And they shall fill thy houses, and the
houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all
the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy
fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that
they were upon the earth unto this day. And he
turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
07 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him,
How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let
the men go, that they may serve the Lord their
God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is
destroyed?
08 And Moses and Aaron were brought again
unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve
the Lord your God: but who are they that shall
go?
09 And Moses said, We will go with our
young and with our old, with our sons and with
our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds
will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the
Lord.
10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord be
so with you, as I will let you go, and your
little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and
serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they
were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch
out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the
locusts, that they may come up upon the land of
Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all
that the hail hath left.
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over
the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east
wind upon the land all that day, and all that
night; and when it was morning, the east wind
brought the locusts.
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14 And the locust went up over all the land
of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt:
very grievous were they; before them there were
no such locusts as they, neither after them shall
be such.
15 For they covered the face of the whole
earth, so that the land was darkened; and they
did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit
of the trees which the hail had left: and there
remained not any green thing in the trees, or in
the herbs 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 forgive, I pray thee, my
sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your
God, that he may take away from me this death
only.
18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and
intreated the Lord.
19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west
wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them
into the Red sea; there remained not one locust
in all the coasts of Egypt.
20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,
so that he would not let the children of Israel
go.
21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch
out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be
darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness
which may be felt.
22 And Moses stretched forth his hand
toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in
all the land of Egypt three days:
23 They saw not one another, neither rose
any from his place for three days: but all the
children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said,
Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and
your herds be stayed: let your little ones also
go with you.
25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also
sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may
sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there
shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof
must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we
know not with what we must serve the Lord, until
we come thither.
27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,
and he would not let them go.
28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from
me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more;
for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt
die.
29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I
will see thy face again no more.
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