1 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Moses|strong="H4872", “Go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Pharaoh|strong="H6547". I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H5650" made|strong="H3513" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3068" officials|strong="H5650" stubborn. I|strong="H0589" did this|strong="H0428" so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" could show them|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" powerful miracles|strong="H0226".
2 I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H3068" did|strong="H0834" this|strong="H3588" so|strong="H4616" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" could tell|strong="H5608" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3068" grandchildren|strong="H1121" about|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0853" miracles|strong="H0226" and|strong="H1121" other wonderful things|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" done in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". Then|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3045" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068".”
3 So|strong="H3541" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H0935" Aaron|strong="H0175" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" Pharaoh|strong="H6547". They|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" Hebrews|strong="H5680", says|strong="H0559", ‘How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H6440" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0413" obey me|strong="H0413"? Let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" worship|strong="H5647" me|strong="H0413"!
4 If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" refuse|strong="H3986" to|strong="H0935" let|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" people|strong="H5971" go|strong="H0935", then|strong="H0853" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0518" bring|strong="H0935" locusts|strong="H0697" into|strong="H0935" your|strong="H0935" country.
5 The|strong="H3605" locusts will|strong="H0776" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776". There|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0776" be|strong="H3808" so|strong="H4480" many locusts that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". Anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0776" left|strong="H7604" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" hailstorm will|strong="H0776" be|strong="H3808" eaten|strong="H0398" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" locusts. The|strong="H3605" locusts will|strong="H0776" eat|strong="H0398" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaves|strong="H7604" from|strong="H4480" every|strong="H3605" tree|strong="H6086" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" field|strong="H7704".
6 They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H1961" fill|strong="H4390" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" officials’ houses|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" houses|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4713". There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3808" locusts than|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3605" fathers|strong="H0001" or|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3605" grandfathers|strong="H0001" have|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H2088" seen|strong="H7200". There|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3808" locusts than|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" have|strong="H1961" ever|strong="H2088" been|strong="H1961" since|strong="H0834" people|strong="H0834" began|strong="H1961" living in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4713".’” Then|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H3318" turned|strong="H6437" and|strong="H1004" left|strong="H3318" Pharaoh|strong="H6547".
7 Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" officials|strong="H5650" asked|strong="H0559" Pharaoh|strong="H6547", “How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1961" trapped by|strong="H3068" these|strong="H2088" people|strong="H0376"? Let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" men|strong="H0376" go|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" don’t let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0413" go|strong="H7971", before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H3588", Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" destroyed|strong="H0006"!”
8 So|strong="H1980" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" told|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3068" officials to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H7725" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H1980" Aaron|strong="H0175" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". Pharaoh|strong="H6547" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". But|strong="H0559" tell|strong="H0559" me|strong="H0413", just who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H3068" going|strong="H1980"?”
9 Moses|strong="H4872" answered|strong="H0559", “All of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1121", young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H1121" old|strong="H1121", will|strong="H3068" go. And|strong="H1121" we|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" take our|strong="H3068" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" daughters|strong="H1323", and|strong="H1121" our|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H1121" cattle|strong="H1241" with|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3588". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" all go because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" LORD’S|strong="H3068" festival|strong="H2282" is|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3588" all of|strong="H1121" us|strong="H3588".”
10 Pharaoh said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" really|strong="H0559" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" I|strong="H0834" let|strong="H7971" you|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" all of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2945" leave Egypt. Look|strong="H7200", you|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" planning|strong="H0559" something evil|strong="H7451".
11 The|strong="H0853" men|strong="H1397" can|strong="H4994" go|strong="H4994" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" asked|strong="H0859" for|strong="H3588" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" beginning. But|strong="H3588" all of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" people|strong="H3808" cannot|strong="H3808" go|strong="H4994".” Then|strong="H0853" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" sent Moses|strong="H3588" and|strong="H3068" Aaron away|strong="H1644".
12 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" Moses|strong="H4872", “Raise your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" locusts|strong="H0697" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927"! They|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" spread|strong="H5186" all|strong="H3605" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" plants|strong="H6212" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" hail|strong="H1259" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0776" destroy|strong="H3605".”
13 So|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872" raised|strong="H5375" his|strong="H3605" walking stick over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" strong wind|strong="H7307" to|strong="H1961" blow from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" east|strong="H6921". The|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" blew all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3068" night|strong="H3915". When|strong="H1961" morning|strong="H1242" came|strong="H1961", the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" had|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" locusts|strong="H0697" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714".
14 The|strong="H3605" locusts|strong="H0697" flew into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H0776" landed on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776". There|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" more|strong="H3966" locusts|strong="H0697" than|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" had|strong="H1961" ever been|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714". And|strong="H0776" there|strong="H1961" will|strong="H1961" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H0310" be|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" many locusts|strong="H0697" there|strong="H1961".
15 They|strong="H0834" covered|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" country|strong="H0776" became dark|strong="H2821". The|strong="H3605" locusts ate|strong="H0398" every|strong="H3605" plant|strong="H6212" on|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" ground|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fruit|strong="H6529" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" hail|strong="H1259" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" destroyed|strong="H0398". There|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0834" no|strong="H3808" leaves left|strong="H3498" on|strong="H0776" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" trees|strong="H6086" or|strong="H3808" plants|strong="H6212" anywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0776" Egypt|strong="H4714".
16 Pharaoh|strong="H6547" quickly|strong="H4116" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872" and|strong="H3068" Aaron|strong="H0175". Pharaoh|strong="H6547" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" sinned|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" and|strong="H3068" against|strong="H2398" you|strong="H7121".
17 Now|strong="H6258", forgive|strong="H5375" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403" this|strong="H2088" time|strong="H6471". Ask the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" to|strong="H5921" remove|strong="H5493" this|strong="H2088" ‘death’ from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H4994".”
18 Moses|strong="H3318" left|strong="H3318" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" and|strong="H3068" prayed|strong="H6279" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" LORD|strong="H3068".
19 So|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307". He|strong="H3068" made|strong="H3605" a|strong="H5375" very|strong="H3966" strong|strong="H2389" wind|strong="H7307" blow|strong="H8628" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" west|strong="H3220", and|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5375" blew|strong="H8628" the|strong="H3605" locusts|strong="H0697" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H3068" into|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3605" Red Sea|strong="H3220". Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" locust|strong="H0697" was|strong="H3068" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714"!
20 But|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" caused Pharaoh|strong="H6547" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" stubborn again|strong="H7971", and|strong="H1121" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" Israelites|strong="H3478" go|strong="H7971".
21 Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" told|strong="H0559" Moses|strong="H4872", “Raise your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" air and|strong="H3068" darkness|strong="H2822" will|strong="H3068" cover Egypt|strong="H4714". It|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" dark|strong="H2822" you|strong="H5921" can feel|strong="H4959" it|strong="H5921"!”
22 So|strong="H1961" Moses|strong="H4872" raised his|strong="H3605" hand|strong="H3027" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" air and|strong="H4872" a|strong="H1961" cloud of|strong="H0776" darkness|strong="H2822" covered Egypt|strong="H4714". The|strong="H3605" darkness|strong="H2822" stayed in|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117".
23 None|strong="H3808" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H0376" could|strong="H0376" see|strong="H7200" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0251", and|strong="H1121" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H6965" any|strong="H3605" place|strong="H8478" for|strong="H8478" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". But|strong="H3808" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" places|strong="H4186" where|strong="H4186" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H4186".
24 Again Pharaoh|strong="H6547" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H7121" Moses|strong="H4872". He|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559", “Go and|strong="H3068" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"! You|strong="H5973" can take|strong="H5973" your|strong="H3068" children|strong="H2945" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H5973". But|strong="H7535" you|strong="H5973" must|strong="H0853" leave|strong="H3322" your|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" here.”
25 Moses|strong="H4872" said|strong="H0559", “No|strong="H5414", we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" all|strong="H1571". In|strong="H0430" fact, you|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" offerings|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H2077" for|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" use in|strong="H0430" worshiping the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430".
26 Yes|strong="H3588", we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" take|strong="H3947" our|strong="H3068" animals with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0935" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". Not|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" hoof|strong="H6541" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" left|strong="H7604" behind|strong="H7604". We|strong="H0587" don’t|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" yet|strong="H3588" exactly what|strong="H4100" we|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" need to|strong="H0935" worship|strong="H5647" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068". We|strong="H0587" will|strong="H3068" learn|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" only|strong="H5704" when|strong="H3588" we|strong="H0587" get|strong="H3947" there|strong="H8033".”
27 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" made|strong="H2388" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" stubborn again|strong="H7971", so|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3068" refused|strong="H0014" to|strong="H3068" let|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853" go|strong="H7971".
28 Then|strong="H3254" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" told|strong="H0559" Moses|strong="H0559", “Get out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H3117" here|strong="H4191". I|strong="H3588" don’t|strong="H0408" want you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" come here|strong="H4191" again|strong="H3254". The|strong="H0559" next|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3588" come to|strong="H0559" see|strong="H7200" me|strong="H6440", you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H6547" die|strong="H4191"!”
29 Then|strong="H1696" Moses|strong="H4872" told|strong="H0559" Pharaoh, “You|strong="H6440" are|strong="H3808" right|strong="H3651" about|strong="H1696" one|strong="H3808" thing|strong="H3651". I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" come to|strong="H0559" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H6440" again|strong="H5750".”