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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 10 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Exodus 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/9.htm" title="Exodus 9">◄</a> Exodus 10 <a href="../exodus/11.htm" title="Exodus 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/exodus/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Eighth Plague: Locusts</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, that you may know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and they shall fill your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.’” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then 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 <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, “Go, serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God. But which ones are to go?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But he said to them, “The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew before your face">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>No! Go, the men among you, and serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for that is what you are asking.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and against you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God only to remove this death from me.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.</p> <p class="heading">The Ninth Plague: Darkness</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> until we arrive there.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Moses said, “As you say! I will not see your face again.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Hebrew <i>before your face</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved.<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. 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