1And the LORD said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants so that I might show these My signs before him, 2And so that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's sons, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, so that you may know that I am the LORD."

3And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go so that they may serve Me; 4For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring the locusts into your country. 5And they shall cover the face of the ground so that one cannot be able to see the earth. And they shall eat the rest of that which has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field. 6And they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, which neither your fathers, nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day they were upon the earth until this day. ' " And he turned himself and went out from Pharaoh. 7And Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go so that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?" 8And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go! Serve the LORD your God. Who are the ones that shall go?" 9And Moses said, "We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters. We will go with our flocks and with our herds; for we must hold a feast to the LORD." 10And he said to them, "Let the LORD be with you, for if I ever let you go with your little ones, watch out, for you have some evil purpose in mind. 11Not so! Go now you men and serve the LORD, for it is you who did desire it." And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

12And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land, all that the hail has left." 13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all the night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested in all the country of Egypt, very numerous and dense. Before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such; 15For they covered the face of the whole ground so that the land was darkened, and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. And there did not remain any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste. And he said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. 17Now therefore, I beg you, forgive my sin only this once, and pray to the LORD your God that He may take away from me this death only." 18And he went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to the LORD. 19And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts and threw them into the Red Sea. There did not remain one locust in all the boundaries of Egypt. 20But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

21And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, so that one may even feel the darkness." 22And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven. And there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23They did not see one another, nor did any rise from his place, for three days. But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24And Pharaoh called for Moses, and said, "You go serve the LORD. Only let your flocks and your herds be left. Let your little ones also go with you." 25And Moses said, "You must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 26Our livestock also shall go with us. There shall not be a hoof left behind, for we must take from them to serve the LORD our God. And we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we come there." 27But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28And Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Take heed to yourself! See my face no more, for in the day you see my face you shall die." 29And Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will never see your face again."