10Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go and see the king. I have made him and his officials stubborn, in order that I may perform these miracles among themH3068H559H4872H935H6547H3513H3820H3820H5650H7896H226H7130 2and in order that you may be able to tell your children and grandchildren how I made fools of the Egyptians when I performed the miracles. All of you will know that I am the LORD."H5608H241H1121H1121H1121H5953H4714H226H7760H3045H3068 3So Moses and Aaron went to the king and said to him, "The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says, 'How much longer will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.H4872H175H935H6547H559H559H3068H430H5680H4970H3985H6031H6440H5971H7971H5647 4If you keep on refusing, then I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.H3588H3986H5971H7971H4279H935H697H1366 5There will be so many that they will completely cover the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not destroy, even the trees that are left.H3680H5869H776H3201H7200H776H398H3499H6413H7604H1259H398H6086H6779H7704 6They will fill your palaces and the houses of all your officials and all your people. They will be worse than anything your ancestors ever saw.' " Then Moses turned and left.H4390H1004H1004H5650H1004H4714H1H1H1H7200H3117H127H3117H6437H3318H6547 7The king's officials said to him, "How long is this man going to give us trouble? Let the Israelite men go, so that they can worship the LORD their God. Don't you realize that Egypt is ruined?"H6547H5650H559H4170H582H7971H5647H3068H430H3045H2962H4714H6 8So Moses and Aaron were brought back to the king, and he said to them, "You may go and worship the LORD your God. But exactly who will go?"H4872H175H7725H6547H559H3212H5647H3068H430H1980 9Moses answered, "We will all go, including our children and our old people. We will take our sons and daughters, our sheep and goats, and our cattle, because we must hold a festival to honor the LORD."H4872H559H3212H5288H2205H1121H1323H6629H1241H3212H2282H3068 10The king said, "I swear by the LORD that I will never let you take your women and children! It is clear that you are plotting to revolt.H559H3068H7971H2945H7200H7451H6440 11No! Only the men may go and worship the LORD if that is what you want." With that, Moses and Aaron were driven out of the king's presence.H3212H1397H5647H3068H1245H1644H6547H6440 12Then the LORD said to Moses, "Raise your hand over the land of Egypt to bring the locusts. They will come and eat everything that grows, everything that has survived the hail."H3068H559H4872H5186H3027H776H4714H697H5927H776H4714H398H6212H776H1259H7604 13So Moses raised his stick, and the LORD caused a wind from the east to blow on the land all that day and all that night. By morning it had brought the locusts.H4872H5186H4294H776H4714H3068H5090H6921H7307H776H3117H3915H1242H6921H7307H5375H697 14They came in swarms and settled over the whole country. It was the largest swarm of locusts that had ever been seen or that ever would be seen again.H697H5927H776H4714H5117H1366H4714H3966H3515H6440H3651H697H310 15They covered the ground until it was black with them; they ate everything that the hail had left, including all the fruit on the trees. Not a green thing was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.H3680H5869H776H776H2821H398H6212H776H6529H6086H1259H3498H3498H3418H6086H6212H7704H776H4714 16Then the king hurriedly called Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.H6547H7121H4872H175H4116H559H2398H3068H430 17Now forgive my sin this one time and pray to the LORD your God to take away this fatal punishment from me."H5375H2403H6471H6279H3068H430H5493H4194 18Moses left the king and prayed to the LORD.H3318H6547H6279H3068 19And the LORD changed the east wind into a very strong west wind, which picked up the locusts and blew them into the Gulf of Suez. Not one locust was left in all of Egypt.H3068H2015H3966H2389H3220H7307H5375H697H8628H5488H3220H7604H259H697H1366H4714 20But the LORD made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israelites go.H3068H2388H6547H3820H1121H3478H7971 21The LORD then said to Moses, "Raise your hand toward the sky, and a darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt."H3068H559H4872H5186H3027H8064H2822H776H4714H2822H4959 22Moses raised his hand toward the sky, and there was total darkness throughout Egypt for three days.H4872H5186H3027H8064H653H2822H776H4714H7969H3117 23The Egyptians could not see each other, and no one left his house during that time. But the Israelites had light where they were living.H7200H376H251H6965H376H7969H3117H1121H3478H216H4186 24The king called Moses and said, "You may go and worship the LORD; even your women and children may go with you. But your sheep, goats, and cattle must stay here."H6547H7121H4872H559H3212H5647H3068H6629H1241H3322H2945H3212 25Moses answered, "Then you would have to provide us with animals for sacrifices and burnt offerings to offer to the LORD our God.H4872H559H5414H3027H2077H5930H6213H3068H430 26No, we will take our animals with us; not one will be left behind. We ourselves must select the animals with which to worship the LORD our God. And until we get there, we will not know what animals to sacrifice to him."H4735H3212H6541H7604H3947H5647H3068H430H3045H5647H3068H935 27The LORD made the king stubborn, and he would not let them go.H3068H2388H6547H3820H14H7971 28He said to Moses, "Get out of my sight! Don't let me ever see you again! On the day I do, you will die!"H6547H559H3212H8104H7200H6440H3254H3117H7200H6440H4191 29"You are right," Moses answered. "You will never see me again."H4872H559H1696H3651H7200H6440H3254
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