Exodus 10:8-29

8So Moses and Aaron 1were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “2Go, serve the Lord your God! 3Who specifically are the ones who are going?” 9Moses said, “4We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, 5with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we 6must hold a feast to the Lord.” 10Then he said to them, “So may the Lord be with you, when I let you and your little ones go! Watch out, for evil is 7on your mind! 11Not so! Go now, but only the men among you, and serve the Lord, since 8that is what you desire.” So 9they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

12Then the Lord said to Moses, “10Reach out with your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come up on the land of Egypt and 11eat every plant of the land, everything that the hail has left.” 13So Moses reached out with his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind 12brought the 13locusts. 1414The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very 15numerous. There had never been so many 16locusts, nor would there be so many 17again. 15For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they 18ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Therefore nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt. 16Then Pharaoh hurriedly 19called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “20I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and 21plead with the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.” 18Then 22he left Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. 19So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind, which picked up the locusts and drove them into the 23Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt. 20But 24the Lord 25hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

21Then the Lord said to Moses, “26Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness 27which may be felt.” 22So Moses reached out with his hand toward the sky, and there was 28thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. 23They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, 29but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24Then Pharaoh 30called for Moses, and said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be left behind. Even 31your little ones may go with you.” 25But Moses said, “You must also 32let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, so that we may 33sacrifice them to the Lord our God. 2634Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the Lord our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the Lord.” 27But 35the Lord 36hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28Then Pharaoh said to him, “37Get away from me! 38Be careful, do not see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you shall die!” 29Moses said, “You have spoken correctly; 39I shall never see your face again!”