Exodus 10:1-11

The Plague of Locusts

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them
2 that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and 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, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me.
4 If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow.
5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.
6 They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”
8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”
9 Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the LORD.”
10 Pharaoh said, “The LORD be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.[a]
11 No! Have only the men go and worship the LORD, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.

Cross References 16

  • 1. S Exodus 4:21
  • 2. S Exodus 3:19; S Exodus 7:3; Joshua 24:17; Nehemiah 9:10; Psalms 74:9; Psalms 105:26-36
  • 3. Exodus 12:26-27; Exodus 13:8,14; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:20; Deuteronomy 32:7; Joshua 4:6; Psalms 44:1; Psalms 71:18; Psalms 78:4,5; Joel 1:3
  • 4. 1 Samuel 6:6
  • 5. S Exodus 6:2
  • 6. 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 7:14; 2 Chronicles 12:7; 2 Chronicles 33:23; 2 Chronicles 34:27; Job 42:6; Isaiah 58:3; Daniel 5:22; James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:6
  • 7. Exodus 8:2; Exodus 9:2
  • 8. Deuteronomy 28:38; Psalms 105:34; Proverbs 30:27; Joel 1:4; Revelation 9:3
  • 9. Exodus 9:32; Joel 1:4
  • 10. ver 15
  • 11. Joel 2:9
  • 12. S Exodus 9:18
  • 13. Exodus 23:33; Exodus 34:12; Deuteronomy 7:16; Deuteronomy 12:30; Deuteronomy 20:18; Joshua 23:13; Judges 2:3; Judges 8:27; Judges 16:5; 1 Samuel 18:21; Psalms 106:36; Ecclesiastes 7:26
  • 14. S Genesis 20:3; S Exodus 8:19
  • 15. S Exodus 8:8
  • 16. S Exodus 3:18

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "Be careful, trouble is in store for you!"
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