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          DASV: Exodus 10    

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I
have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants,
that I may show these my signs among them.
2 So that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and your
grandson how I have made a mockery of the Egyptians and about
my signs that I have performed among them, so that you may
know that I am the LORD."
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and said to him,
"'This is what the LORD says, the God of the Hebrews,
'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me?
Let my people go that they may worship me.
4 If you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow will I bring
locusts on your country.
5 They will cover the surface of the ground so that no one
will be able to see the ground. They will eat the little
you have left from the hail and they will consume every
tree that grows for you in the field.
6 Your houses will be filled, and the houses of all your
servants, as well as the houses of all the Egyptians.
It will be something that even your fathers and your grandfathers
have never seen, since the day that they were on the earth
to this day.'" After that he turned and left Pharaoh.

7 Then Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this
man have us trapped? Let the men go, that they may worship
the LORD their God. Do you not realize that Egypt is destroyed?"
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh.
Then he said to them, "Go, worship the LORD your God,
but who exactly is going with you?"
9 Then Moses replied, "We will go with our young and old;
with our sons and daughters, with our flocks and herds;
for we must hold a feast to the LORD."
10 He said to them, "The LORD be with you if I let you and
your children go. Certainly you have some evil intent in mind.
11 No! Only your men may go and worship the LORD, for that is
what you asked for." Then they were driven out from Pharaoh's
presence.

12 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over
the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up
on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land,
all that was left over from the hail."
13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt,
and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day
and night. When the morning dawned, the east wind brought
the locusts.
14 The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and settled
all over the country of Egypt. It was so severe that never
before were there such locusts or will there be ever again.
15 They totally covered the surface of the ground, so that
the land was darkened by them. They devoured every plant of
the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left.
Nothing green remained on any tree or plant of the field,
throughout all the land of Egypt.

16 Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and he said,
"I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin just this once and
pray to the LORD your God, that at least he would take away
this death from me."
18 So he left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.
19 Then the LORD turned a very strong west wind, which blew
the locusts driving them into the Red Sea. Not even one
locust remained in all the country of Egypt.
20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he did not
let the Israelites go.

21 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward
the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt,
a darkness so thick it may be felt."
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky and there
was absolute darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
23 No one could see anyone else, for three days no one
moved from their place. But all the Israelites had light
where they lived.

24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses, and said, "Go, worship the
LORD. Just leave your flocks and your herds here.
Even your children may go with you."
25 Then Moses said, "You must also let us have sacrifices and
burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
26 Our cattle also will go with us; not a hoof will be left behind.
For we must take them to worship the LORD our God; for we do
not know what will be needed to worship the LORD,
until we get there."
27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not let them go.

28 Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me. Watch
yourself that you never see my face again; for in the day
you see my face you will die."
29 Moses said, "As you wish, I will never see your face again."

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