Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go <0935> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547>, for <03588> I <0589> have hardened <03513> his heart <03820> and the heart <03820> of his servants <05650>, in order to <04616> display <07896> these <0428> signs <0226> of mine before <07130> him,
2and in order that <04616> in the hearing <0241> of your son <01121> and your grandson <01121> <01121> you may tell <05608> how <0834> I made fools <05953> of the Egyptians <04714> and about my signs <0226> that <0834> I displayed <07760> among them, so that you may know <03045> that <03588> I <0589> am the Lord <03068>.”
3So Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> came <0935> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547> and told <0559> him, “Thus <03541> says <0559> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of the Hebrews <05680>: ‘How <04970> long <05704> do you refuse <03985> to humble <06031> yourself before <06440> me? Release <07971> my people <05971> so that they may serve <05647> me!
4But <03588> if <0518> you <0859> refuse <03986> to release <07971> my people <05971>, I am going to bring <0935> locusts <0697> into your territory <01366> tomorrow <04279>.
5They will cover <03680> the surface <05869> of the earth <0776>, so that you will be unable <03201> <03808> to see <07200> the ground <0776>. They will eat <0398> the remainder <03499> of what escaped <06413>– what is left over <07604> for you– from <04480> the hail <01259>, and they will eat <0398> every <03605> tree <06086> that grows <06779> for you from <04480> the field <07704>.
6They will fill <04390> your houses <01004>, the houses <01004> of your servants <05650>, and all <03605> the houses <01004> of Egypt <04713>, such as neither <03808> your fathers <01> nor your grandfathers <01> <01> have seen <07200> since <03117> they have been <01961> in the land <0127> until <05704> this <02088> day <03117>!’” Then Moses turned <06437> and went out <03318> from Pharaoh <06547>.
7Pharaoh’s <06547> servants <05650> said <0559> to <0413> him, “How <04970> long <05704> will this <02088> man be <01961> a menace <04170> to us? Release <07971> the people <0376> so that they may serve <05647> the Lord <03068> their God <0430>. Do you not <02962> know <03045> that <03588> Egypt <04714> is destroyed <06>?”
8So Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> were brought back <07725> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547>, and he said <0559> to <0413> them, “Go <01980>, serve <05647> the Lord <03068> your God <0430>. Exactly who <04310> <04310> is going <01980> with you?”
9Moses <04872> said <0559>, “We will go <01980> with our young <05288> and our old <02205>, with our sons <01121> and our daughters <01323>, and with our sheep <06629> and our cattle <01241> we will go <01980>, because <03588> we are to hold a pilgrim feast <02282> for the Lord <03068>.”
10He said <0559> to <0413> them, “The Lord <03068> will need to be with <05973> you if <0834> I release <07971> you and your dependents <02945>! Watch out <07200>! Trouble <07451> is right in front of <06440> <05048> you!
11No <03808>! Go <01980>, you men <01397> only, and serve <05647> the Lord <03068>, for <03588> that is what you <0859> want <01245>.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out <01644> of Pharaoh’s <06547> presence <06440>.
12The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Extend <05186> your hand <03027> over <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> for the locusts <0697>, that they may come up <05927> over <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> and eat <0398> everything <03605> that grows <06212> in the ground <0776>, everything <03605> that <0834> the hail <01259> has left <07604>.”
13So Moses <04872> extended <05186> his staff <04294> over <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and then the Lord <03068> brought <05090> an east <06921> wind <07307> on the land <0776> all <03605> that day <03117> and all <03605> night <03915>. The morning <01242> came <01961>, and the east <06921> wind <07307> had brought up <05375> the locusts <0697>!
14The locusts <0697> went up <05927> over <05921> all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> and settled down <05117> in all <03605> the territory <01366> of Egypt <04714>. It was very <03966> severe <03515>; there had been <01961> no <03808> locusts <0697> like <03651> them before <06440>, nor <03808> will there be <01961> such <03651> ever again <0310>.
15They covered <03680> the surface <05869> of all <03605> the ground <0776>, so that the ground <0776> became dark <02821> with them, and they ate <0398> all <03605> the vegetation <06212> of the ground <0776> and all <03605> the fruit <06529> of the trees <06086> that <0834> the hail <01259> had left <03498>. Nothing <03605> <03808> green <03418> remained <03498> on the trees <06086> or on anything that grew <06212> in the fields <07704> throughout the whole <03605> land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
16Then Pharaoh <06547> quickly <04116> summoned <07121> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> and said <0559>, “I have sinned <02398> against the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and against you!
17So now <06258>, forgive <05375> my sin <02403> this time <06471> only <0389>, and pray <06279> to the Lord <03068> your God <0430> that he would only <07535> take <05493> this <02088> death <04194> away <05493> from <05921> me.”
18Moses went out <03318> from Pharaoh <06547> and prayed <06279> to <0413> the Lord <03068>,
19and the Lord <03068> turned <02015> a very <03966> strong <02389> west <03220> wind <07307>, and it picked up <05375> the locusts <0697> and blew <08628> them into the Red <05488> Sea <03220>. Not <03808> one <0259> locust <0697> remained <07604> in all <03605> the territory <01366> of Egypt <04714>.
20But the Lord <03068> hardened <02388> Pharaoh’s <06547> heart <03820>, and he did not <03808> release <07971> the Israelites <03478> <01121>.
21The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Extend <05186> your hand <03027> toward <05921> heaven <08064> so that there may be <01961> darkness <02822> over <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, a darkness <02822> so thick it can be felt <04959>.”
22So Moses <04872> extended <05186> his hand <03027> toward heaven <08064>, and there was <01961> absolute <0653> darkness <02822> throughout <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> for three <07969> days <03117>.
23No <03808> one <0376> could see <07200> another <0251> person, and no <03808> one <0376> could rise <06965> from his place <08478> for three <07969> days <03117>. But the Israelites <03478> <01121> had <01961> light <0216> in the places where they lived <04186>.
24Then Pharaoh <06547> summoned <07121> Moses <04872> and said <0559>, “Go <01980>, serve <05647> the Lord <03068>– only <07535> your flocks <06629> and herds <01241> will be detained <03322>. Even <01571> your families <02945> may go <01980> with <05973> you.”
25But Moses <04872> said <0559>, “Will you <0859> also <01571> provide <05414> us with sacrifices <02077> and burnt offerings <05930> that we may present <06213> them to the Lord <03068> our God <0430>?
26Our livestock <04735> must also <01571> go <01980> with <05973> us! Not <03808> a hoof <06541> is to be left <07604> behind! For <03588> we must take <03947> these animals to serve <05647> the Lord <03068> our God <0430>. Until <05704> we arrive <0935> there <08033>, we <0587> do not <03808> know <03045> what <04100> we must use to serve <05647> the Lord <03068>.”
27But the Lord <03068> hardened <02388> Pharaoh’s <06547> heart <03820>, and he was not <03808> willing <014> to release <07971> them.
28Pharaoh <06547> said <0559> to him, “Go <01980> from <05921> me! Watch out <08104> for yourself! Do not <0408> appear <07200> before <06440> me again <03254>, for <03588> when <03117> you see <07200> my face <06440> you will die <04191>!”
29Moses <04872> said <0559>, “As you wish <01696>! I will not <03808> see <07200> your face <06440> again <03254>.”