Exod 10
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And YHWH said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart
of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,
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and that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son`s son, what things
I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may
know that I am YHWH.
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And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says YHWH, the God of
the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? let my people
go, that they may serve me.
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Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into
your border:
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and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the
earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remains to you
from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field:
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and your houses shall be filled, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses
of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers nor your fathers` fathers have seen,
since the day that they were upon the earth to this day. And he turned, and went out
from Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh`s servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let
the men go, that they may serve YHWH their God: know you not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
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And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go, serve
YHWH your God; but who are they that shall go?
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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
to YHWH.
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And he said to them, So be YHWH with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones:
look to it; for evil is before you.
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Not so: go now you that are men, and serve YHWH; for that is what you desire. And
they were driven out from Pharaoh`s presence.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Stretch out your 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 has left.
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And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and YHWH 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.
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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.
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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.
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Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against
YHWH your God, and against you.
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Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat YHWH your God,
that he may take away from me this death only.
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And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated YHWH.
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And YHWH 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.
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But YHWH hardened Pharaoh`s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
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And YHWH said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness
over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
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And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in
all the land of Egypt three days;
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they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but
all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
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And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, Go you, serve YHWH; only let your flocks and
your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
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And Moses said, You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that
we may sacrifice to YHWH our God.
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Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind: for thereof
must we take to serve YHWH our God; and we know not with what we must serve YHWH,
until we come there.
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But YHWH hardened Pharaoh`s heart, and he would not let them go.
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And Pharaoh said to him, Get you from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more;
for in the day you see my face you shall die.
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And Moses said, You have spoken well. I will see your face again no more.