Exod 10
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And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go in to Pharao: for I have hardened his heart
and the heart of his servants, that these signs may come upon them; in order
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that you may relate in the ears of your children, and to your children’s children,
in how many things I have mocked the Egyptians, and my wonders which I wrought among
them; and you shall know that I am the Lord.
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And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and they said to him, These things says
the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long do you refuse to reverence me? Send my people
away, that they may serve me.
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But if you will not send my people away, behold, at this hour to-morrow I will bring
an abundance of locusts upon all your coasts.
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And they shall cover the face of the earth, and you shall not be able to see the earth;
and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail
has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land.
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And your houses shall be filled, and the houses of your servants, and all the houses
in all the land of the Egyptians; things which your fathers have never seen, nor their
forefathers, from the day that they were upon the earth until this day. And Moses
turned away and departed from Pharao.
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And the servants of Pharao say to him, How long shall this be a snare to us? send
away the men, that they may serve their God; will you know that Egypt is destroyed?
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And they brought back both Moses and Aaron to Pharao; and he said to them, Go and
serve the Lord your God; but who are they that are going with you?
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And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters,
and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord.
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And he said to them, So let the Lord be with you: as I will send you away, must I
send away you store also? see that i. e. moral evil; but another reading is prokeitai, which is nearer to the Hebrew evil
is attached to you.
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Not so, but let the men go and serve God, for this you yourselves seek; and they cast
them out from the presence of Pharao.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, and let
the locust come up on the land, and it shall devour every herb of the land, and all
the fruit of the trees, which the hail left.
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And Moses lifted up his rod towards heaven, and the Lord brought a south wind upon
the earth, all that day and all that night: the morning dawned, and the south wind
brought up the locusts,
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and brought them up over all the land of Egypt. And they rested in very great abundance
over all the borders of Egypt. Before them there were not such locusts, neither after
them shall there be.
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And they covered the face of the earth, and the land was wasted, and they devoured
all the herbage of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which was left by the
hail: there was no green thing left on the trees, nor on all the herbage of the field,
in all the land of Egypt.
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And Pharao hasted to call Moses and Aaron, saying, I have sinned before the Lord your
God, and against you;
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Gr. accept or allow pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him
take away from me this death.
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And Moses went forth from Pharao, and prayed to God.
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And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took
up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in
all the land of Egypt.
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And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he did not send away the children of
Israel.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to heaven, and let there be darkness
over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt.
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And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was Gr. darkness, blackness darkness very black, even a storm over all
the land of Egypt three days.
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And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three
days: but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were.
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And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go, serve the Lord your God, only Gr. be left of leave your sheep and your oxen,
and let your store depart with you.
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And Moses said, Nay, but you shall give to us whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices,
which we will sacrifice to the Lord our God.
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And our cattle shall go with us, and we will not leave a hoof behind, for of them
we will take to serve the Lord our God: but we know not in what manner we shall serve
the Lord our God, until we arrive there.
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But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he would not let them go.
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And Pharao says, Depart from me, beware of seeing my face again, for in what day you
shall appear before me, you shall die.
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And Moses says, You have said, I will not appear in your presence again.