Shemoth (Exodus) 10

Exod 10:1 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened
his heart and the hearts of his servants, so that I show these signs of Mine
before him,
Exod 10:2 and that you relate in the hearing of your son and your son’s son
what I have done in Mitsrayim, and My signs which I have done among them.
And you shall know that I am יהוה.”
Exod 10:3 And Mosheh and Aharon came in to Pharaoh and said to him,
“Thus said יהוה Elohim of the Heḇrews, ‘Till when shall you refuse to
humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they serve Me.
Exod 10:4 ‘Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, see, tomorrow I am
bringing locusts within your borders.
Exod 10:5 ‘And they shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one is
able to see the land. And they shall eat the rest of what has escaped, which
remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for
you out of the field.
Exod 10:6 ‘And they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your
servants, and the houses of all the Mitsrites, which neither your fathers nor
your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to
this day.’ ” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
Exod 10:7 And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “Till when would this one be
a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they serve יהוה their Elohim. Do you not
yet know that Mitsrayim is destroyed?”
Exod 10:8 And Mosheh and Aharon were brought back to Pharaoh, and he
said to them, “Go, serve יהוה your Elohim. Who are the ones that are going?”
Exod 10:9 And Mosheh said, “We are going with our young and our old,
with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we are going,
for we have a festival to יהוה.”
Exod 10:10 And he said to them, “Let יהוה be with you as I let you and your
little ones go! Watch, for evil is before your face!
Exod 10:11 “Not so! You men go now, and serve יהוה, for that is what you
desired.” And they were driven out from the presence of Pharaoh.
Exod 10:12 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Stretch out your hand over the land of
Mitsrayim for the locusts to come upon the land of Mitsrayim, and eat every
plant of the land – all that the hail has left.”
Exod 10:13 And Mosheh stretched out his rod over the land of Mitsrayim,
and יהוה brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night.
Morning came, and the east wind brought the locusts.
Exod 10:14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Mitsrayim and
settled within all the borders of Mitsrayim, very grievous. There had never
been locusts like them before, nor would there again be like them.
Exod 10:15 And they covered the surface of all the land, so that the land was
darkened. And they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees
which the hail had left, and no greenness was left on the trees or on the plants
of the field, in all the land of Mitsrayim.
Exod 10:16 Pharaoh then called for Mosheh and Aharon in haste, and said,
“I have sinned against יהוה your Elohim and against you.
Exod 10:17 “And now, please forgive my sin only this once, and pray to יהוה
your Elohim, that He would only turn away this death from me.”
Exod 10:18 And he went out from Pharaoh and prayed to יהוה.
Exod 10:19 And יהוה turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts
away and blew them into the Sea of Reeds. Not one locust was left within all
the border of Mitsrayim.
Exod 10:20 However, יהוה hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not let
the children of Yisra’ĕl go.
Exod 10:21 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “Stretch out your hand toward the
heavens, and let there be darkness over the land of Mitsrayim, even a
darkness which is felt.”
Exod 10:22 And Mosheh stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and
there was thick darkness in all the land of Mitsrayim for three days.
Exod 10:23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place
for three days, while all the children of Yisra’ĕl had light in their dwellings.
Exod 10:24 And Pharaoh called to Mosheh and said, “Go, serve יהוה, only
leave your flocks and your herds behind. Let your little ones go with you
too.”
Exod 10:25 But Mosheh said, “You yourself are to provide us with
slaughterings and burnt offerings, to prepare for יהוה our Elohim.
Exod 10:26 “And our livestock are to go with us too, not a hoof is to be left
behind, for we have to take some of them to serve יהוה our Elohim, and we
ourselves do not know with what we are to serve יהוה until we come there.”
Exod 10:27 However, יהוה hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he would not
let them go.
Exod 10:28 And Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me! Watch yourself
and see my face no more, for in the day you see my face you die!”
Exod 10:29 And Mosheh said, “You have spoken rightly – never again do I
see your face!”