Exodus 10 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

The Plague of Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for (A)I have [a]hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may [b]perform these signs of Mine [c]among them, 2 and (B)that you may tell in the [d]hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I [e]performed My signs among them, (C)that you may know that I am the Lord.”

3 Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to (D)humble yourself before Me? (E)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 4 For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. 5 They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. (F)They will also eat the rest of what has escaped—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field. 6 Then (G)your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they [f]came upon the earth until this day.’” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh. 7 (H)Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be (I)a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not [g]realize that Egypt is destroyed?” 8 So Moses and Aaron (J)were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “(K)Go, serve the Lord your God! [h]Who are the ones that are going?” 9 Moses said, “(L)We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, (M)with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we [i]must hold a feast to the Lord.” 10 Then he said to them, “Thus may the Lord be with you, [j]if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is [k]in your mind. 11 Not so! Go now, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for [l]that is what you desire.” So (N)they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(O)Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and (P)eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind [m]brought the (Q)locusts. 14 (R)The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very [n]numerous. There had never been so many [o]locusts, nor would there be so many [p]again. 15 For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they (S)ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh hurriedly (T)called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “(U)I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and (V)make supplication to the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.” 18 (W)He went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the Lord. 19 So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the [q]Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But (X)the Lord [r]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

Darkness over the Land

21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(Y)Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness (Z)which may be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was (AA)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. 23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, (AB)but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 Then Pharaoh (AC)called to Moses, and said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be detained. Even (AD)your little ones may go with you.” 25 But Moses said, “You must also [s]let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may [t]sacrifice them to the Lord our God. 26 (AE)Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the Lord our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the Lord.” 27 But (AF)the Lord [u]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, “(AG)Get away from me! [v]Beware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!” 29 Moses said, “You are right; (AH)I shall never see your face again!”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 10:1 Lit made heavy
  2. Exodus 10:1 Lit put
  3. Exodus 10:1 Lit in his midst
  4. Exodus 10:2 Lit ears
  5. Exodus 10:2 Lit put
  6. Exodus 10:6 Lit were
  7. Exodus 10:7 Lit know
  8. Exodus 10:8 Lit Who and who are
  9. Exodus 10:9 Lit have a feast
  10. Exodus 10:10 Lit when I
  11. Exodus 10:10 Lit before your face
  12. Exodus 10:11 Lit you desire it
  13. Exodus 10:13 Lit carried
  14. Exodus 10:14 Lit heavy
  15. Exodus 10:14 Lit locusts like them before them
  16. Exodus 10:14 Lit after them
  17. Exodus 10:19 Lit Sea of Reeds
  18. Exodus 10:20 Lit made strong
  19. Exodus 10:25 Lit give into our hand
  20. Exodus 10:25 Lit make
  21. Exodus 10:27 Lit made strong
  22. Exodus 10:28 Lit Take heed to yourself

Cross references

  1. Exodus 10:1 : Ex 4:21; 7:13; Josh 11:20; John 12:40; Rom 9:18
  2. Exodus 10:2 : Ex 12:26, 27; 13:8, 14, 15; Deut 4:9; Ps 44:1; 78:5; Joel 1:3
  3. Exodus 10:2 : Ex 7:5, 17
  4. Exodus 10:3 : 1 Kin 21:29; 2 Chr 34:27; James 4:10; 1 Pet 5:6
  5. Exodus 10:3 : Ex 4:23
  6. Exodus 10:5 : Joel 1:4; 2:25
  7. Exodus 10:6 : Ex 8:3, 21
  8. Exodus 10:7 : Ex 7:5; 8:19; 12:33
  9. Exodus 10:7 : Ex 23:33; Josh 23:13; 1 Sam 18:21; Eccl 7:26
  10. Exodus 10:8 : Ex 8:8
  11. Exodus 10:8 : Ex 8:25
  12. Exodus 10:9 : Ex 12:37, 38
  13. Exodus 10:9 : Ex 10:26
  14. Exodus 10:11 : Ex 10:28
  15. Exodus 10:12 : Ex 7:19
  16. Exodus 10:12 : Ex 10:5, 15
  17. Exodus 10:13 : Ps 78:46; 105:34
  18. Exodus 10:14 : Deut 28:38; Ps 78:46; 105:34; Joel 1:4, 7; 2:1-11; Rev 9:3
  19. Exodus 10:15 : Ex 10:5; Ps 105:34f
  20. Exodus 10:16 : Ex 8:8
  21. Exodus 10:16 : Ex 9:27
  22. Exodus 10:17 : Ex 8:8, 28; 9:28; 1 Kin 13:6
  23. Exodus 10:18 : Ex 8:30
  24. Exodus 10:20 : Ex 4:21; 11:10
  25. Exodus 10:21 : Ex 9:22
  26. Exodus 10:21 : Deut 28:29
  27. Exodus 10:22 : Ps 105:28; Rev 16:10
  28. Exodus 10:23 : Ex 8:22
  29. Exodus 10:24 : Ex 8:8, 25
  30. Exodus 10:24 : Ex 10:10
  31. Exodus 10:26 : Ex 10:9
  32. Exodus 10:27 : Ex 4:21; 10:20; 14:4, 8
  33. Exodus 10:28 : Ex 10:11
  34. Exodus 10:29 : Ex 11:8; Heb 11:27

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