Exodus 10:1-10 ▼

1 Then the LORD told Moses, |Go to Pharaoh, for I've hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials in order to perform these signs of mine among them,

2 so you may tell your children and your grandchildren how I toyed with the Egyptians and about my miraculous signs that I performed among them, so all of you may know that I am the LORD.

3 Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, |This is what the LORD God of the Hebrews says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so they may serve me.

4 But if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I'm going to bring locusts into your territory.

5 They'll cover the surface of the land so a person cannot see the ground, and they'll eat what is left for you of the residue from the hail. They'll also eat all your trees that grow in the orchards.

6 Your houses will be filled, along with the houses of all your officials and the houses of all the Egyptians—something that neither your fathers nor your ancestors ever saw from the time they were on earth until now.'| Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh's presence.

7 Then the officials of Pharaoh told him, |How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go so they may serve the LORD their God! Don't you realize yet that Egypt is about to be destroyed?|

8 Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh and he told them, |Go, serve the LORD your God. But exactly who will go?|

9 Moses said, |We will go with our young and with our old. We will go with our sons and our daughters, with our sheep and our cattle, because it's a festival to the LORD for us.|

10 Then Pharaoh told them, |The LORD will certainly be with you if I let you and your little ones go. I know some evil plan is in your mind.