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For tomorrow I will bring a swarm of locusts on your country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For if you refuse to let My people go, then hear this: tomorrow I will bring [migratory] locusts into your country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if you refuse to let my people go, then tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if you refuse to let My people go, then tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Do this by tomorrow, or I will cover your country with so many locusts <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring locusts into thy border:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If you keep on refusing, then I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I'm going to bring locusts into your territory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, look, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Else, if thou shalt refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts into thy border:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Or else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for if you are refusing to send My people away, behold, tomorrow I am bringing in the locust into your border,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for if thou art refusing to send My people away, lo, I am bringing in to-morrow the locust into thy border,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For if thou refusest to send forth my people, behold me bringing to-morrow the locust into thy bounds.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if thou resist, and wilt not let them go, behold I will bring in to morrow the locust into thy coasts: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if you resist, and you are unwilling to release them, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your borders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts upon all Four domain;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if you choose not to send my people out, behold, tomorrow I shall bring the locust upon your entire border:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Else, if thou refuse to let My people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if thou wilt not send my people away, behold, at this hour to-morrow I will bring an abundance of locusts upon all thy coasts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/10-4.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=2313" 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">3</span>So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">But</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3986.htm" title="3986: mā·’ên (Adj-ms) -- Refusing. From ma'en; unwilling.">refuse</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">to let My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: lə·šal·lê·aḥ (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">go,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: mê·ḇî (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">I will bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/697.htm" title="697: ’ar·beh (N-ms) -- (a kind of) locust. From rabah; a locust.">locusts</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: biḡ·ḇu·le·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">into your territory</a> <a href="/hebrew/4279.htm" title="4279: mā·ḥār (Adv) -- Tomorrow, in time to come. Probably from 'achar; properly, deferred, i.e. The morrow; usually tomorrow; indefinitely, hereafter.">tomorrow.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.…<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="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a></span><br />What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Joel 2:25</a></span><br />I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Revelation 9:3-4</a></span><br />And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. / They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-46.htm">Psalm 78:46</a></span><br />He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-34.htm">Psalm 105:34-35</a></span><br />He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number. / They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38</a></span><br />You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-15.htm">Nahum 3:15-17</a></span><br />There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust! / You have multiplied your merchants more than the stars of the sky. The young locust strips the land and flies away. / Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm">Proverbs 30:27</a></span><br />the locusts have no king, yet they all advance in formation;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-4.htm">Isaiah 33:4</a></span><br />Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-14.htm">Jeremiah 51:14</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></span><br />“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</a></span><br />When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13</a></span><br />If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-10.htm">Revelation 16:10-11</a></span><br />And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish / and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores. Yet they did not repent of their deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into your coast:</p><p class="hdg">tomorrow</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-10.htm">Exodus 8:10,23</a></b></br> And he said, To morrow. And he said, <i>Be it</i> according to thy word: that thou mayest know that <i>there is</i> none like unto the LORD our God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-5.htm">Exodus 9:5,18</a></b></br> And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/11-4.htm">Exodus 11:4,5</a></b></br> And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: … </p><p class="hdg">locusts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/30-27.htm">Proverbs 30:27</a></b></br> The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4-7</a></b></br> That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Joel 2:2-11,25</a></b></br> A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, <i>even</i> to the years of many generations… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Border</a> <a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/acts/27-39.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Country</a> <a href="/revelation/9-7.htm">Locusts</a> <a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/10-3.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/exodus/9-2.htm">Refusing</a> <a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">To-Morrow</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Border</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Borders</a> <a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Country</a> <a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Locusts</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/exodus/11-9.htm">Refuse</a> <a href="/numbers/22-13.htm">Refusing</a> <a href="/exodus/10-14.htm">Territory</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">Tomorrow</a> <a href="/exodus/16-23.htm">To-Morrow</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>But if you refuse to let My people go</b><br>This phrase is part of the series of demands made by God through Moses to Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt. The context is the ongoing struggle between God and Pharaoh, where God is demonstrating His power and sovereignty over the Egyptian gods and Pharaoh himself. The phrase "let My people go" is a recurring demand throughout the plagues narrative, emphasizing God's desire for the liberation of the Israelites from slavery. This demand highlights the theme of divine deliverance and the fulfillment of God's covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The refusal of Pharaoh is symbolic of human resistance to divine will, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture.<p><b>I will bring locusts into your territory</b><br>The threat of locusts is significant in the ancient Near Eastern context, where agriculture was the backbone of the economy. Locusts were known to cause devastating plagues, consuming crops and leading to famine. This plague is the eighth in a series of ten, each demonstrating God's power over the natural world and the gods of Egypt. Locusts are often used in the Bible as instruments of judgment (e.g., <a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a>, <a href="/revelation/9-3.htm">Revelation 9:3</a>). The locusts serve as a symbol of divine retribution and a call to repentance. The use of locusts also connects to the broader biblical theme of God using creation to fulfill His purposes.<p><b>tomorrow</b><br>The specification of "tomorrow" indicates the immediacy and certainty of God's judgment. It underscores the urgency of Pharaoh's decision and the impending nature of the consequences of his continued disobedience. This immediacy is a common feature in the prophetic literature, where prophets often announce imminent judgment to provoke repentance. The precise timing also serves to authenticate the divine origin of the message, as only God can predict and control future events with such accuracy. This element of timing is a reminder of God's sovereignty over time and history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. He is the one delivering God's message to Pharaoh.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who is obstinately refusing to release the Israelites from slavery, despite the plagues that have already afflicted his land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, who are enslaved in Egypt and are the central focus of God's deliverance plan.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved and where God is demonstrating His power through the plagues.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plague_of_locusts.htm">The Plague of Locusts</a></b><br>The eighth plague that God threatens to bring upon Egypt if Pharaoh continues to refuse to release the Israelites. Locusts are a symbol of devastation and judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a></b><br>The plagues, including the locusts, demonstrate God's supreme authority over nature and nations. He uses these events to fulfill His purposes and to show that He is the one true God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Pharaoh's refusal to obey God's command leads to severe consequences for Egypt. This serves as a warning about the dangers of hardening one's heart against God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_people.htm">God's Faithfulness to His People</a></b><br>Despite the hardships, God is committed to delivering the Israelites. This reassures believers of God's unwavering faithfulness and His plans for redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The plagues are not just acts of judgment but also opportunities for Pharaoh and the Egyptians to repent. This highlights God's desire for repentance and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Moses' role in delivering God's message emphasizes the importance of obedience to God's commands, even in the face of opposition.<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/why_no_traces_of_exodus_locust_invasion.htm">How could such a massive locust invasion (Exodus 10:4–6) occur without leaving any significant historical or archaeological traces? </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/do_amos_4_9-10_plagues_match_history.htm">Amos 4:9-10 - Do the described plagues (blight, mildew, locusts, pestilence) align with known historical or scientific data?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_locusts_and_hail_plagues_align.htm">How does the destruction caused by the locusts (Exodus 10:15) align with the later plague of hail in Exodus 9, which supposedly ruined crops earlier?</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>(4) <span class= "bld">To morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast.</span>--Locusts, as already observed, are not indigenous to Egypt, but only occasional visitants. Consequently they always enter the country from some other, as Nubia, Abyssinia, Syria, or Arabia. On the quarter from which the present plague came, see the comment on <a href="/exodus/10-13.htm" title="And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.">Exodus 10:13</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">To-morrow</span>. Again a warning is given, and a space of time interposed, during which the king may repent and submit himself, if he chooses. <span class="cmt_word">The locusts</span>. The species intended is probably either the <span class="accented">Aeridium peregrinum</span> or the <span class="accented">Oedipoda migratoria.</span> Both are common in Arabia and Syria, and both are known in Egypt. They are said to be equally destructive. The Hebrew name, <span class="accented">arbeh</span>, points to the "multitudinous" character of the visitation. A traveller in Syria says - "It is difficult to express the effect produced on us by the sight of <span class="accented">the whole atmosphere filled on all sides and to a great height by an innumerable quantity</span> of these insects, whose flight was slow and uniform, and whose noise resembled that of rain; the sky was darkened, and the light of the sun considerably weakened. In a moment the terraces of the houses, the streets, and all the fields were covered by these insects." (Ollivier, <span class="accented">Voyage clans l'Empire Ottoman</span>, vol. 2. p. 424.) <span class="cmt_word">Into thy coast</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "across thy border, into thy territories." The locust is only an occasional visitant in Egypt, and seems always to arrive from some foreign country. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/10-4.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">But</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">refuse</span><br /><span class="heb">מָאֵ֥ן</span> <span class="translit">(mā·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3986.htm">Strong's 3986: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unwilling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to let My people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">go,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šal·lê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will bring</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵבִ֥יא</span> <span class="translit">(mê·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">locusts</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְבֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·beh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_697.htm">Strong's 697: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a kind of) locust</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into your territory</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּגְבֻלֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(biḡ·ḇu·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tomorrow.</span><br /><span class="heb">מָחָ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ḥār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4279.htm">Strong's 4279: </a> </span><span class="str2">Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/10-4.htm">Exodus 10:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/10-4.htm">OT Law: Exodus 10:4 Or else if you refuse to let (Exo. 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