1 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:
2 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.
3 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.
4 Else,
if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts
into thy coast:
5 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:
6 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.
7 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?
8 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?
9 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.
14 And
the locusts 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.
