Exodus 10

¹ And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid to MosesMoses, GoGo in to PharaohPharaoh: for I have hardened his heartheart, and the heartheart of his servantsservants; that I might showshow these my signssigns before him:

² And that thou mayest telltell in the ears of thy sonson, and of thy son'sson's sonson, what things I have wrought in EgyptEgypt, and my signssigns which I have done among them; that ye may knowknow how that I am the LORDthe LORD.

³ And MosesMoses and AaronAaron camecame in to PharaohPharaoh, and saidsaid to him, Thus saithsaith the LORDthe LORD GodGod of the HebrewsHebrews, How longlong wilt thou refuse to humble thyself beforebefore me? Let my people gogo, that they may serveserve me.

⁴ Else, if thou shalt refuse to let my people gogo, behold, to-morrowmorrow will I bringbring the locustslocusts into thy borderborder:

⁵ And they shall covercover the face of the earthearth, that one cannot be able to seesee the earthearth: and they shall eateat the residue of that which hath escaped, which remaineth to you from the hailhail, and shall eateat every treetree which groweth for you out of the fieldfield:

⁶ And they shall fillfill thy houseshouses, and the houseshouses of all thy servantsservants, and the houseshouses of all the EgyptiansEgyptians; which neither thy fathersfathers, nor thy fathersfathers' fathersfathers have seenseen, since the dayday that they were upon the earth to this dayday. And he turnedturned himself, and went out from PharaohPharaoh.

⁷ And Pharaoh'sPharaoh's servantsservants saidsaid to him, How longlong shall this man be a snare to usus? Let the men gogo, that they may serveserve the LORDthe LORD their GodGod: knowest thou not yet that EgyptEgypt is destroyed?

⁸ And MosesMoses and AaronAaron were brought again to PharaohPharaoh: and he saidsaid to them, GoGo, serveserve the LORDthe LORD your GodGod: but who are they that shall GoGo?

⁹ And MosesMoses saidsaid, We will gogo with our youngyoung and with our oldold, with our sons and with our daughtersdaughters, with our flocksflocks and with our herdsherds will we gogo; for we must hold a feast to the LORDthe LORD.

¹⁰ And he saidsaid to them, Let the LORDthe LORD be so with you, as I will let you gogo, and your little ones: looklook to it; for evilevil is beforebefore you.

¹¹ Not so: gogo now ye that are men, and serveserve the LORDthe LORD; for that you desired. And they were driven out from Pharaoh'sPharaoh's presence.

¹² And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid to MosesMoses, Stretch outStretch out thy handhand over the landland of EgyptEgypt for the locustslocusts, that they may come upon the landland of EgyptEgypt, and eateat every herbherb of the landland, even all that the hailhail hath left.

¹³ And MosesMoses stretchedstretched forth his rod over the landland of EgyptEgypt, and the LORDthe LORD brought an east windwind upon the landland all that dayday, and all that nightnight: and when it was morningmorning, the east windwind brought the locustslocusts.

¹⁴ And the locustslocusts went up over all the landland of EgyptEgypt, and rested in all the bordersborders of EgyptEgypt: very grievous were they; beforebefore them there were no such locustslocusts as they, neither afterafter them will be such.

¹⁵ For they coveredcovered the face of the whole earthearth, so that the landland was darkened; and they ateate every herbherb of the landland, and all the fruitfruit of the treestrees which the hailhail had left: and there remainedremained not any green thing on the treestrees, or in the herbsherbs of the fieldfield, through all the landland of EgyptEgypt.

¹⁶ Then PharaohPharaoh calledcalled for MosesMoses and AaronAaron in hastehaste; and he saidsaid, I have sinned against the LORDthe LORD your GodGod, and against you.

¹⁷ Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sinsin only this once, and entreatentreat the LORDthe LORD your GodGod that he may take away from me this death only.

¹⁸ And he went out from PharaohPharaoh, and entreatedentreated the LORDthe LORD.

¹⁹ And the LORDthe LORD turnedturned a mightymighty strong west windwind which took away the locustslocusts, and cast them into the Red seaRed sea: there remained not oneone locustlocust in all the bordersborders of EgyptEgypt.

²⁰ But the LORDthe LORD hardened Pharaoh'sPharaoh's heartheart, so that he would not let the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael gogo.

²¹ And the LORDthe LORD saidsaid to MosesMoses, Stretch outStretch out thy handhand towards heavenheaven, that there may be darknessdarkness over the landland of EgyptEgypt, even darknessdarkness which may be felt.

²² And MosesMoses stretchedstretched forth his handhand towards heavenheaven: and there was a thick darknessdarkness in all the landland of EgyptEgypt threethree daysdays:

²³ They sawsaw not one another, neither roserose any from his place for threethree daysdays: but all the childrenchildren of IsraelIsrael had lightlight in their dwellingsdwellings.

²⁴ And PharaohPharaoh calledcalled to MosesMoses, and saidsaid, GoGo ye, serveserve the LORDthe LORD; only let your flocksflocks and your herdsherds be stayed: let your little ones also GoGo with you.

²⁵ And MosesMoses saidsaid, Thou must givegive usus also sacrifices, and burnt-offeringsofferings, that we may sacrifice to the LORDthe LORD our GodGod.

²⁶ Our cattlecattle also shall gogo with usus; there shall not a hoofhoof be left behind; for of them must we take to serveserve the LORDthe LORD our GodGod; and we knowknow not with what we must serveserve the LORDthe LORD, until we comecome thither.

²⁷ But the LORDthe LORD hardened Pharaoh'sPharaoh's heartheart, and he would not let them gogo.

²⁸ And PharaohPharaoh saidsaid to him, Depart from me, take heed to thyself, seesee my faceface no more: for in that dayday thou seest my faceface, thou shalt diedie.

²⁹ And MosesMoses saidsaid, Thou hast spokenspoken wellwell, I will seesee thy faceface again no more.