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Exodus 10 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

The Plague of Locusts

(Joe 1:2–4 )

Exo 10:1

Exo 10:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have [fn]hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may [fn]perform these signs of Mine [fn]among them,

Exo 10:2

Exo 10:2and that you may tell in the [fn]hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I [fn]performed My signs among them, that you may know that I am the LORD.”

Exo 10:3

Exo 10:3Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

Exo 10:4

Exo 10:4‘For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.

Exo 10:5

Exo 10:5‘They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field.

Exo 10:6

Exo 10:6‘Then your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they [fn]came upon the earth until this day.’” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

Exo 10:7

Exo 10:7Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not [fn]realize that Egypt is destroyed?”

Exo 10:8

Exo 10:8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the LORD your God! [fn]Who are the ones that are going?”

Exo 10:9

Exo 10:9Moses said, “We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we [fn]must hold a feast to the LORD.”

Exo 10:10

Exo 10:10Then he said to them, “Thus may the LORD be with you, [fn]if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is [fn]in your mind.

Exo 10:11

Exo 10:11“Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve the LORD, for [fn]that is what you desire.” So they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

Exo 10:12

Exo 10:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has left.”

Exo 10:13

Exo 10:13So Moses stretched out 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 [fn]brought the locusts.

Exo 10:14

Exo 10:14The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very [fn]numerous. There had never been so many [fn]locusts, nor would there be so many [fn]again.

Exo 10:15

Exo 10:15For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.

Exo 10:16

Exo 10:16Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.

Exo 10:17

Exo 10:17“Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and make supplication to the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

Exo 10:18

Exo 10:18He went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the LORD.

Exo 10:19

Exo 10:19So the LORD shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the [fn]Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt.

Exo 10:20

Exo 10:20But the LORD [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

Darkness over the Land

Exo 10:21

Exo 10:21Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt.”

Exo 10:22

Exo 10:22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

Exo 10:23

Exo 10:23They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.

Exo 10:24

Exo 10:24Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be detained. Even your little ones may go with you.”

Exo 10:25

Exo 10:25But Moses said, “You must also [fn]let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may [fn]sacrifice them to the LORD our God.

Exo 10:26

Exo 10:26“Therefore, 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.”

Exo 10:27

Exo 10:27But the LORD [fn]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go.

Exo 10:28

Exo 10:28Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! [fn]Beware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!”

Exo 10:29

Exo 10:29Moses said, “You are right; I shall never see your face again!”
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: made heavy
Literally: put
Literally: in his midst
Literally: ears
Literally: put
Literally: were
Literally: know
Literally: Who and who are
Literally: have a feast
Literally: when I
Literally: before your face
Literally: you desire it
Literally: carried
Literally: heavy
Literally: locusts like them before them
Literally: after them
Literally: Sea of Reeds
Literally: made strong
Literally: give into our hand
Literally: make
Literally: made strong
Literally: Take heed to yourself
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