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href="/bsb/exodus/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Forgive my sin, just this once, and plead with the LORD your God to take away this death from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the LORD your God only to remove this death from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now 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.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So now, please forgive my sin only this once and entreat Yahweh your God, that He would only cause this death to depart from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once [more], and pray <i>and</i> entreat the LORD your God, so that He will remove this [plague of] death from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to the LORD your God, so that he will just take this death away from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Please forgive my sin once more and make an appeal to Yahweh your God, so that He will take this death away from me.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Forgive me one more time and ask the LORD to stop these insects from killing every living plant." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Please forgive my sin one more time. Pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Now forgive my sin this one time and pray to the LORD your God to take away this fatal punishment from me." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now, please forgive my sin only this time, and pray to the LORD your God that he would at least remove this from me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the LORD your God that he would only take this death away from me."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to the LORD your God, that he may also take away from me this death."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God that he may take away from me this death only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and now, please bear with my sin, only this time, and make supplication to your God YHWH, that He may turn aside from off me only this death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and now, bear with, I pray you, my sin, only this time, and make ye supplication to Jehovah your God, that He turn aside from off me only this death.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And at this time take away now my sin, only this time, and pray ye to Jehovah your God, and he will remove from me only this death.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But now forgive me my sin this time also, and pray to the Lord your God, that he take away from me this death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But now, release me from my sin even this time, and petition the Lord your God, so that he may take this death away from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But now, do forgive me my sin only this once, and pray to the LORD, your God, only to take this death from me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do forgive my sin just this once, and pray to the LORD your God that at the least he remove this deadly thing from me.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now therefore, forgive me my fault this time also, and pray before the LORD your God that he may re move from me this death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also now forgive my injury this time and pray before LORD JEHOVAH your God and he will remove from me this death.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that He may take away from me this death only.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/10-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2464" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/10.htm">The Eighth Plague: Locusts</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: wə·‘at·tāh (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">Now</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">please</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: śā (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">forgive</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">my sin</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">once more</a> <a href="/hebrew/6471.htm" title="6471: hap·pa·‘am (Art:: N-fs) -- A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence. Or pa;amah; from pa'am; a stroke, literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6279.htm" title="6279: wə·ha‘·tî·rū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- To pray, supplicate. A primitive root; to burn incense in worship, i.e. Intercede.">and appeal</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: wə·yā·sêr (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Jus-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">that He may remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: ham·mā·weṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">death</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘ā·lay (Prep-m:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from me.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Exodus 9:28</a></span><br />Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Exodus 8:8</a></span><br />Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Exodus 8:28</a></span><br />Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Exodus 9:34</a></span><br />When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Exodus 12:31-32</a></span><br />Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. / Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-24.htm">1 Samuel 15:24-25</a></span><br />Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. / Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-6.htm">1 Kings 13:6</a></span><br />Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">2 Chronicles 33:12-13</a></span><br />And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. / And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition. So He brought him back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-34.htm">Psalm 78:34-35</a></span><br />When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. / And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-44.htm">Psalm 106:44-45</a></span><br />Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress. / And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/37-3.htm">Jeremiah 37:3</a></span><br />Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/42-2.htm">Jeremiah 42:2</a></span><br />Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-4.htm">Matthew 27:4</a></span><br />“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-41.htm">Luke 23:41</a></span><br />We are punished justly, for we are receiving what our actions deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-24.htm">Acts 8:24</a></span><br />Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.</p><p class="hdg">forgive</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-25.htm">1 Samuel 15:25</a></b></br> Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">and intreat</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Exodus 8:8</a></b></br> Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Exodus 9:28</a></b></br> Intreat the LORD (for <i>it is</i> enough) that there be no <i>more</i> mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/13-6.htm">1 Kings 13:6</a></b></br> And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as <i>it was</i> before.</p><p class="hdg">this death</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/4-40.htm">2 Kings 4:40</a></b></br> So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O <i>thou</i> man of God, <i>there is</i> death in the pot. And they could not eat <i>thereof</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/1-10.htm">2 Corinthians 1:10</a></b></br> Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver <i>us</i>;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/1-16.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/revelation/13-12.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/exodus/9-6.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Entreat</a> <a href="/genesis/50-17.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/1_john/2-12.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Intreat</a> <a href="/genesis/44-4.htm">Once</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/9-33.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/exodus/9-34.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/exodus/9-28.htm">Supplication</a> <a href="/exodus/9-27.htm">Time</a> <a href="/exodus/8-8.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/18-22.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Deadly</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-23.htm">Entreat</a> <a href="/exodus/23-21.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/exodus/32-30.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/ruth/1-16.htm">Intreat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Once</a> <a href="/exodus/11-1.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Please</a> <a href="/exodus/10-18.htm">Prayer</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/exodus/16-1.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/exodus/10-18.htm">Supplication</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Time</a> <a href="/exodus/14-2.htm">Turn</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/10-1.htm">God threatens to send locusts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/10-7.htm">Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">The plague of the locusts</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Pharaoh entreats Moses</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">The plague of darkness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/10-24.htm">Pharaoh again entreats Moses, but yet is hardened</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/10.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/10.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Now please forgive my sin once more</b><br>This phrase indicates Pharaoh's acknowledgment of wrongdoing, though it is often seen as insincere or temporary. In the context of the plagues, Pharaoh repeatedly asks for forgiveness but fails to genuinely repent. This reflects a pattern of hardened hearts seen throughout Scripture, such as in the Israelites' repeated disobedience in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a>). The plea for forgiveness "once more" suggests a cycle of sin and temporary repentance, highlighting the human tendency to seek God in times of distress but revert to old ways once relief is granted.<p><b>and appeal to the LORD your God</b><br>Pharaoh's request for Moses to intercede with "the LORD your God" shows a recognition of the power and authority of the God of Israel, yet it also distances himself from that relationship. This distinction between "your God" and "my God" underscores Pharaoh's lack of personal faith and commitment. Intercession is a recurring theme in the Bible, with figures like Abraham (<a href="/genesis/18-22.htm">Genesis 18:22-33</a>) and Jesus (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>) serving as mediators between God and humanity. Moses' role as an intercessor foreshadows Christ's ultimate mediation.<p><b>that He may remove this death from me.”</b><br>The "death" referred to here is the plague of locusts, which devastated Egypt's crops and threatened widespread famine. This plea highlights the severity of the plagues as divine judgments against Egypt's gods and Pharaoh's obstinacy. The plagues serve as a demonstration of God's sovereignty over creation and His power to deliver His people. The concept of death as a consequence of sin is a central biblical theme, beginning with the fall in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a> and culminating in the redemptive work of Christ, who conquers death (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who is repeatedly hardened in heart, refusing to let the Israelites go, despite the plagues.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to demand Pharaoh release His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The God of Israel, who sends plagues upon Egypt to demonstrate His power and compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved and where the plagues occur.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plagues.htm">The Plagues</a></b><br>A series of divine judgments sent by God upon Egypt, with the current context being the plague of locusts.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_true_repentance.htm">The Nature of True Repentance</a></b><br>Pharaoh's plea for forgiveness is superficial, serving as a reminder that true repentance involves a change of heart and actions, not just words.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_hardness_of_heart.htm">The Consequences of Hardness of Heart</a></b><br>Pharaoh's repeated hardening of heart leads to greater judgment, illustrating the dangers of resisting God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercession_and_mediation.htm">Intercession and Mediation</a></b><br>Moses acts as an intercessor for Pharaoh, pointing to the role of Christ as our ultimate mediator with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>The plagues demonstrate God's control over creation and His ability to use it to fulfill His purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Pharaoh's refusal to obey God's command results in suffering, teaching us the importance of aligning our actions with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happens_in_exodus.htm">What events occur in the biblical book of Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_faith_work_through_love.htm">Are you doing everything in the name of the Lord?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_many_worship_on_sunday,_not_sabbath.htm">Exodus 31:16-17 - If the Sabbath was meant as a permanent covenant sign 'forever,' why do so many believers worship on Sunday instead?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_22_31_with_god's_mercy.htm">How can readers harmonize the severe judgment in Ezekiel 22:31 with passages in other books that emphasize God's mercy and willingness to forgive?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">This death.</span>--Comp, <a href="/exodus/10-7.htm" title="And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: know you not yet that Egypt is destroyed?">Exodus 10:7</a>. The entire destruction of the harvest threatened death to large numbers of the poorer class of persons.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Only this once</span>. Compare <a href="/genesis/18-32.htm">Genesis 18:32</a>. Pharaoh kept this promise. He did not ask any more for the removal of a plague. <span class="cmt_word">This death</span> <span class="cmt_word">only</span> - <span class="accented">i.e</span>. "this fatal visitation" - this visitation, which, by producing famine, causes numerous deaths in a nation. Pharaoh feels now, as his courtiers had felt when the plague was first threatened, that "Egypt is destroyed" (ver. 7). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/10-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַתָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> </span><span class="str2">At this time</span><br /><br /><span class="word">please</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(nā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> </span><span class="str2">I pray', 'now', 'then'</span><br /><br /><span class="word">forgive</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my sin</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטָּאתִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">once more</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֣ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and appeal</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ha‘·tî·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6279.htm">Strong's 6279: </a> </span><span class="str2">To burn incense in worship, intercede</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that He will remove</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָסֵר֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·sêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">death</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמָּ֥וֶת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from me.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽעָלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/10-17.htm">Exodus 10:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/10-17.htm">OT Law: Exodus 10:17 Now therefore please forgive my sin again (Exo. 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