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Exodus 10 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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The Plague of Locusts

(Joe 1:2–4 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:1 - And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have made his heart and the hearts of his servants hard, so that I may let my signs be seen among them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - And so that you may be able to give to your son and to your son's son the story of my wonders in Egypt, and the signs which I have done among them; so that you may see that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4 - For if you will not let my people go, tomorrow I will send locusts into your land:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - And the face of the earth will be covered with them, so that you will not be able to see the earth: and they will be the destruction of everything which up to now has not been damaged, everything which was not crushed by the ice-storm, and every tree still living in your fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:6 - And your houses will be full of them, and the houses of your servants and of all the Egyptians; it will be worse than anything your fathers have seen or their fathers, from the day when they were living on the earth till this day. And so he went out from Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long is this man to be the cause of evil to us? let the men go so that they may give worship to the Lord their God: are you not awake to Egypt's danger?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:8 - Then Moses and Aaron came in again before Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go and give worship to the Lord your God: but which of you are going?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:9 - And Moses said, We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds; for we are to keep a feast to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:10 - And he said to them, May the Lord be with you, if I will let you and your little ones go! take care, for your purpose clearly is evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:11 - Not so; but let your males go and give worship to the Lord, as your desire is. This he said, driving them out from before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 - And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out over the land of Egypt so that the locusts may come up on the land for the destruction of every green plant in the land, even everything untouched by the ice-storm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - And Moses' rod was stretched out over the land of Egypt, and the Lord sent an east wind over the land all that day and all the night; and in the morning the locusts came up with the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, resting on every part of the land, in very great numbers; such an army of locusts had never been seen before, and never will be again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For all the face of the earth was covered with them, so that the land was black; and every green plant and all the fruit of the trees which was untouched by the ice-storm they took for food: not one green thing, no plant or tree, was to be seen in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:16 - Then Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron, and said, I have done evil against the Lord your God and against you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - Let me now have forgiveness for my sin this time only, and make prayer to the Lord your God that he will take away from me this death only.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:18 - So he went out from Pharaoh and made prayer to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - And the Lord sent a very strong west wind, which took up the locusts, driving them into the Red Sea; not one locust was to be seen in any part of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:20 - But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

Darkness over the Land

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:21 - And the Lord said to Moses, Let your hand be stretched out to heaven, and all the land of Egypt will be dark, so that men will be feeling their way about in the dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - And when Moses' hand was stretched out, dark night came over all the land of Egypt for three days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:23 - They were not able to see one another, and no one got up from his place for three days: but where the children of Israel were living it was light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:24 - Then Pharaoh sent for Moses, and said, Go and give worship to the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept here: your little ones may go with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:25 - But Moses said, You will have to let us take burned offerings to put before the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:26 - So our cattle will have to go with us, not one may be kept back; for they are needed for the worship of the Lord our God; we have no knowledge what offering we have to give till we come to the place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:27 - But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28 - And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:29 - And Moses said, You say truly; I will not see your face again.
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