Exodus:10-12

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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 : * 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 . * 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 . * Else , if thou refuse to let my people go , behold , to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast : * 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 : * 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 . * 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 will we go ; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 intreat the LORD your God , that he may take away from me this death only . * And he went out from Pharaoh , and intreated the LORD . * 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 . * But the LORD hardened Pharaoh 's heart , so that he would not let the children of Israel go . * 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 . * 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 give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings , that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God . * 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 . * 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 that day thou seest my face thou shalt die . * And Moses said , Thou hast spoken well , I will see thy face again no more . * And the LORD said unto Moses , Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh , and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : when he shall let you go , he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether . * Speak now in the ears of the people , and let every man borrow of his neighbour , and every woman of her neighbour , jewels of silver , and jewels of gold . * And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians . Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt , in the sight of Pharaoh 's servants , and in the sight of the people . * And Moses said , Thus saith the LORD , About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : * And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die , from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne , even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of beasts . * And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt , such as there was none like it , nor shall be like it any more . * But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue , against man or beast : that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel . * And all these thy servants shall come down unto me , and bow down themselves unto me , saying , Get thee out , and all the people that follow thee : and after that I will go out . And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger . * And the LORD said unto Moses , Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you ; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt . * And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and the LORD hardened Pharaoh 's heart , so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land . * And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt , saying , * This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you . * Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel , saying , In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb , according to the house of their fathers , a lamb for an house : * And if the household be too little for the lamb , let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls ; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb . * Your lamb shall be without blemish , a male of the first year : ye shall take it out from the sheep , or from the goats : * And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening . * And they shall take of the blood , and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses , wherein they shall eat it . * And they shall eat the flesh in that night , roast with fire , and unleavened bread ; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it . * Eat not of it raw , nor sodden at all with water , but roast with fire ; his head with his legs , and with the purtenance thereof . * And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire . * And thus shall ye eat it ; with your loins girded , your shoes on your feet , and your staff in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the LORD 'S passover . * For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night , and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt , both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment : I am the LORD . * And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are : and when I see the blood , I will pass over you , and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you , when I smite the land of Egypt . * And this day shall be unto you for a memorial ; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations ; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever . * Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread ; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day , that soul shall be cut off from Israel . * And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation , and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you ; no manner of work shall be done in them , save that which every man must eat , that only may be done of you . * And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever . * In the first month , on the fourteenth day of the month at even , ye shall eat unleavened bread , until the one and twentieth day of the month at even . * Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leavened , even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel , whether he be a stranger , or born in the land . * Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread . * Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel , and said unto them , Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families , and kill the passover . * And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop , and dip it in the blood that is in the bason , and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason ; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning . * For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel , and on the two side posts , the LORD will pass over the door , and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you . * And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever . * And it shall come to pass , when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you , according as he hath promised , that ye shall keep this service . * And it shall come to pass , when your children shall say unto you , What mean ye by this service ? * That ye shall say , It is the sacrifice of the LORD 'S passover , who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt , when he smote the Egyptians , and delivered our houses . And the people bowed the head and worshipped . * And the children of Israel went away , and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron , so did they . * And it came to pass , that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt , from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the firstborn of cattle . * And Pharaoh rose up in the night , he , and all his servants , and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead . * And he called for Moses and Aaron by night , and said , Rise up , and get you forth from among my people , both ye and the children of Israel ; and go , serve the LORD , as ye have said . * Also take your flocks and your herds , as ye have said , and be gone ; and bless me also . * And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people , that they might send them out of the land in haste ; for they said , We be all dead men . * And the people took their dough before it was leavened , their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders . * And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses ; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver , and jewels of gold , and raiment : * And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians , so that they lent unto them such things as they required . And they spoiled the Egyptians . * And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth , about six hundred thousand on foot that were men , beside children . * And a mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks , and herds , even very much cattle . * And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt , for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt , and could not tarry , neither had they prepared for themselves any victual . * Now the sojourning of the children of Israel , who dwelt in Egypt , was four hundred and thirty years . * And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years , even the selfsame day it came to pass , that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt . * It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations . * And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron , This is the ordinance of the passover : There shall no stranger eat thereof : * But every man 's servant that is bought for money , when thou hast circumcised him , then shall he eat thereof . * A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof . * In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof . * All the congregation of Israel shall keep it . * And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee , and will keep the passover to the LORD , let all his males be circumcised , and then let him come near and keep it ; and he shall be as one that is born in the land : for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof . * One law shall be to him that is homeborn , and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you . * Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron , so did they . * And it came to pass the selfsame day , that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies . * And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,

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