Exodus:10

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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 show these My signs in the midst of them ; * and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son , and of thy son 's son , what I have wrought upon Egypt , and My signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know that I am the LORD .' * And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh , and said unto him : 'Thus saith the LORD , the God of the Hebrews : How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before Me ? let My people go , that they may serve Me . * Else , if thou refuse to let My people go , behold , to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border ; * and they shall cover the face of the earth , that one shall not 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 ; * and thy houses shall be filled , and the houses of all thy servants , and the houses of all the Egyptians ; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers ' fathers have seen , since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day .' And he turned , and went out from Pharaoh . * 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 ?' * 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 ?' * 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 we will go ; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD .' * And he said unto them : 'So be the LORD with you , as I will let you go , and your little ones ; see ye that evil is before your face . * Not so ; go now ye that are men , and serve the LORD ; for that is what ye desire .' And they were driven out from Pharaoh 's presence . * And the LORD said unto Moses : 'Stretch out thy 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 .' * 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 the night ; and when it was morning , the east wind brought the locusts . * And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt , and rested in all the borders of Egypt ; very grievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they , neither after them shall be such . * 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 , either tree or herb of the field , through all the land of Egypt . * Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste ; and he said : 'I have sinned against the LORD your God , and against you . * Now therefore forgive , I pray thee , my sin only this once , and entreat the LORD your God , that He may take away from me this death only .' * And he went out from Pharaoh , and entreated the LORD . * And the LORD turned an exceeding strong west wind , which took up the locusts , and drove them into the Red Sea ; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt . * But the LORD hardened Pharaoh 's heart , and he did not let the children of Israel go . * And the LORD said unto Moses : 'Stretch out thy hand toward heaven , that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt , even darkness which may be felt .' * And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven ; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days ; * 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 . * 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 .' * And Moses said : 'Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings , that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God . * Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not a 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 .' * But the LORD hardened Pharaoh 's heart , and he would not let them go . * And Pharaoh said unto him : 'Get thee from me , take heed to thyself , see my face no more ; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die .' * And Moses said : 'Thou hast spoken well ; I will see thy face again no more .'

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