Exodus Chapter 10

Exodus Chapter 10
1 Again the Lord said unto Moses, Go to
Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart,
and the heart of his servants, that I might
work these my miracles in the midst of
his realm,
2 And that thou mayest declare in the
ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son,
what things I have done in Egypt, and my
miracles, which I have done among
them: that ye may know that I am the
Lord.
3 Then Moses and Aaron came unto
Pharaoh, and they 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.
4 But if thou refuse to let my people go,
behold, tomorrow will I bring
grasshoppers into thy coasts.
5 And they shall cover the face of the
earth, that a man cannot see the earth:
and they shall eat the residue which
remaineth unto you, and hath escaped
from the hail: and they shall eat all your
trees that bud in the field. 6 And they
shall fill thine houses, and all thy
servant’s houses, and the houses of all
the Egyptians, as neither thy fathers, nor
thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the
time they were upon the earth unto this
day. So he returned, and went out from
Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh’s servants said unto him,
How long shall he be an offense unto us?
Let the men go, that they may serve the
Lord their God: wilt thou first know that
Egypt is destroyed?
8 So 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?
9 And Moses answered, We will go
with our young and with our old, with
our sons and with our daughters, with
our sheep and with our cattle will we
go: for we must celebrate a feast unto
the Lord.
10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord
so be with you, as I will let you go and
your children: behold, for evil is before
your face.
11 It shall not be so: now go ye that are
men, and serve the Lord: for that was
your desire. Then they were thrust out
from Pharaoh’s presence. 12 After, the
Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine
hand upon the land of Egypt for the
grasshoppers, that they may come upon
the land of Egypt, and eat all the herbs of
the land, even all that the hail hath left.
13 Then Moses stretched forth his rod
upon the land of Egypt: and the Lord
brought an east wind upon the land all
that day, and all that night: and in the
morning the east wind brought the
grasshoppers.
14 So the grasshoppers went up upon all
the land of Egypt, and remained in all
quarters of Egypt: so grievous
grasshoppers, like to these were never
before, neither after them shall be such.
15 For they covered all the face of the
earth, so that the land was dark: and they
did eat all the herbs of the land, and all
the fruits of the trees, which the hail had
left, so that there was no green thing left
upon the trees, nor among the herbs of
the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
16 Therefore Pharaoh called for Moses
and Aaron in haste, and said, I have
sinned against the Lord your God, and
against you.
17 And now forgive me my sin only this
once, and pray unto the Lord your God,
that he may take away from me this death
only.
18 Moses then went out from Pharaoh,
and prayed unto the Lord. 19 And the
Lord turned a mighty strong west wind,
and took away the grasshoppers, and
violently cast them into the Red Sea, so
that there remained not one grasshopper
in all the coast of Egypt.
20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s
heart, and he did not let the children of
Israel go.
21 Again the Lord said unto Moses,
Stretch out thine hand toward heaven,
that there may be upon the land of Egypt
darkness, even darkness that may be felt.
22 Then Moses stretched forth his hand
toward heaven, and there was a black
darkness in all the land of Egypt three
days.
23 No man saw another, neither rose up
from the place where he
was for three days: but all the children
of Israel had light where they dwelt. 24
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and said,
Go, serve the Lord: only your sheep and
your cattle shall abide, and your children
shall go with you. 25 And Moses said,
Thou must give us also sacrifices, and
burnt offerings that we may do sacrifice
unto the Lord our God.
26 Therefore our cattle also shall go
with us: there shall not an hoof be left,
for thereof must we take to serve the
Lord our God: neither do we know how
we shall serve the Lord, until we come
thither.
27 (But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s
heart, and he would not let them go) 28
And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee
from me: look thou see my face no more:
for when so ever thou comest in my
sight, thou shalt die. 29 Then Moses
said, Thou hast said well: from
henceforth will I see thy face no more.