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The
Plague of Locusts |
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| Exodus 10:1 |
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh,
for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform
these signs of Mine among them, |
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| Exodus 10:2 |
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and that you may tell in the hearing of your
son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I performed
My signs among them, that you may know that I am the LORD." |
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| Exodus 10:3 |
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Moses 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. |
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| Exodus 10:4 |
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'For if you refuse to let My people go, behold,
tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. |
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| Exodus 10:5 |
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'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. |
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| Exodus 10:6 |
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'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 came upon
the earth until this day.'" And he turned and went out from Pharaoh. |
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| Exodus 10:7 |
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Pharaoh'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 realize that Egypt is destroyed?" |
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| Exodus 10:8 |
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So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh,
and he said to them, "Go, serve the LORD your God! Who are the ones that are going?"
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| Exodus 10:9 |
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Moses 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 must hold a feast to the LORD." |
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| Exodus 10:10 |
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Then he said to them, "Thus may the LORD be
with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is in
your mind. |
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| Exodus 10:11 |
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"Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve
the LORD, for that is what you desire." So they were driven out from Pharaoh's
presence. |
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| Exodus 10:12 |
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Then 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." |
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| Exodus 10:13 |
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So 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 brought the locusts. |
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| Exodus 10:14 |
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The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt
and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very numerous. There had
never been so many locusts, nor would there be so many again. |
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| Exodus 10:15 |
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For 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. |
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| Exodus 10:16 |
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Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and
Aaron, and he said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. |
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| Exodus 10:17 |
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"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." |
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| Exodus 10:18 |
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He went out from Pharaoh and made supplication
to the LORD. |
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| Exodus 10:19 |
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So the LORD shifted the wind to a very strong
west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust
was left in all the territory of Egypt. |
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| Exodus 10:20 |
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But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he
did not let the sons of Israel go. |
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Darkness
over the Land |
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| Exodus 10:21 |
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Then 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." |
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| Exodus 10:22 |
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So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky,
and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. |
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| Exodus 10:23 |
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They 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. |
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| Exodus 10:24 |
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Then 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." |
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| Exodus 10:25 |
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But Moses said, "You must also let us have sacrifices
and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice them to the LORD our God. |
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| Exodus 10:26 |
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"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." |
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| Exodus 10:27 |
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But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he
was not willing to let them go. |
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| Exodus 10:28 |
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Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me!
Beware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!"
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| Exodus 10:29 |
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Moses said, "You are right; I shall never see
your face again!" |
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