1 ¶ Then the LORD said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might do these miracles among them:

2 And that you may tell your children, and your children’s children, what things I have done in Egypt, and what miracles I have done among them; that you may know how that I am the LORD.

3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and said to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews says this, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

4 For, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow will I bring the locusts into your country:

5 And they will cover the surface of the earth, so that one will not be able to see the earth: and they will eat the remainder of what escaped, and is left to you from the hail, and will eat every tree of yours that grows in the field:

6 And they will fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither your fathers, nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, from the day of their birth unto this day. Then they turned, and departed from Pharaoh.

7 And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, How long will this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: do you not realize that Egypt is devastated?

8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are to go?

9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds; for we must hold a feast to the LORD.

10 And Pharaoh said to them, Let the LORD be with you, if I ever let you go with your little ones: see, you have some evil purpose in mind.

11 No: you who are men, go and serve the LORD; for that is what you wanted. And 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 upon the land of Egypt, and eat all the plants of the land, everything that the hail has left.

13 And Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14 And the locusts came up over all the land of Egypt, and settled on the whole country of Egypt: a dense swarm of them; never before were there such locusts as these, nor will there ever be again.

15 For they covered the surface of the earth, so that the ground was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left: and nothing green remained on the trees, or of the plants of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

16 Then Pharaoh quickly sent for Moses and Aaron; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

17 Now therefore forgive my sin, I pray you, only this once, and call on the LORD your God, that he may take this death away from me.

18 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and called on the LORD.

19 And the LORD turned the wind and had it blow strongly from the west, which carried away the locusts, and blew them into the Red sea; not one locust remained in all the country of Egypt.

20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

21 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness that may be felt.

22 And Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days:

23 They could not see each other, nor did any rise from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their houses.

24 And Pharaoh sent for Moses, and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds remain: your little ones may go with you.

25 And Moses said, You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

26 Our livestock will also go with us; not one hoof will be left behind; because we will have to take some of them to serve the LORD our God; and we will not know what we will need in serving the LORD, until we get there.

27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.

28 And Pharaoh said to Moses, Get away from me, be careful never to enter my presence again; for the day you see my face again you will die.

29 And Moses said, You have spoken truly, I will never see your face again.