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 them2 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. [^1]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.12 And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail."13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the LORD made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again.15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail —everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me."18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the LORD.19 And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. "Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt.20 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.21 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt —darkness that can be felt."22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind."25 But Moses said, "You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the LORD our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the LORD."27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go.28 Pharaoh said to Moses, "Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die."29 "Just as you say," Moses replied. "I will never appear before you again."

1 Et dixit Dominus ad Moysen : Egredere ad Pharaonem : ego enim induravi cor ejus, et servorum illius, ut faciam signa mea hc in eo : 2 et narres in auribus filii tui, et nepotum tuorum, quoties contriverim gyptios, et signa mea fecerim in eis : et sciatis quia ego Dominus. 3 Introierunt ergo Moyses et Aaron ad Pharaonem, et dixerunt ei : Hc dicit Dominus Deus Hebrorum : Usquequo non vis subjici mihi ? dimitte populum meum, ut sacrificet mihi. 4 Sin autem resistis, et non vis dimittere eum : ecce ego inducam cras locustam in fines tuos : 5 qu operiat superficiem terr, ne quidquam ejus appareat, sed comedatur quod residuum fuerit grandini : corrodet enim omnia ligna qu germinant in agris. 6 Et implebunt domos tuas, et servorum tuorum, et omnium gyptiorum, quantam non viderunt patres tui, et avi, ex quo orti sunt super terram, usque in prsentem diem. Avertitque se, et egressus est a Pharaone. 7 Dixerunt autem servi Pharaonis ad eum : Usquequo patiemur hoc scandalum ? dimitte homines, ut sacrificent Domino Deo suo ; nonne vides quod perierit gyptus ? 8 Revocaveruntque Moysen et Aaron ad Pharaonem : qui dixit eis : Ite, sacrificate Domino Deo vestro : quinam sunt qui ituri sunt ? 9 Ait Moyses : Cum parvulis nostris, et senioribus pergemus, cum filiis et filiabus, cum ovibus et armentis : est enim solemnitas Domini Dei nostri. 10 Et respondit Pharao : Sic Dominus sit vobiscum, quomodo ego dimittam vos, et parvulos vestros, cui dubium est quod pessime cogitetis ? 11 non fiet ita, sed ite tantum viri, et sacrificate Domino : hoc enim et ipsi petistis. Statimque ejecti sunt de conspectu Pharaonis. 12 Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen : Extende manum tuam super terram gypti ad locustam, ut ascendat super eam, et devoret omnem herbam qu residua fuerit grandini. 13 Et extendit Moyses virgam super terram gypti : et Dominus induxit ventum urentem tota die illa et nocte : et mane facto, ventus urens levavit locustas. 14 Qu ascenderunt super universam terram gypti : et sederunt in cunctis finibus gyptiorum innumerabiles, quales ante illud tempus non fuerant, nec postea futur sunt. 15 Operueruntque universam superficiem terr, vastantes omnia. Devorata est igitur herba terr, et quidquid pomorum in arboribus fuit, qu grando dimiserat : nihilque omnino virens relictum est in lignis et in herbis terr, in cuncta gypto. 16 Quam ob rem festinus Pharao vocavit Moysen et Aaron, et dixit eis : Peccavi in Dominum Deum vestrum, et in vos. 17 Sed nunc dimittite peccatum mihi etiam hac vice, et rogate Dominum Deum vestrum, ut auferat a me mortem istam. 18 Egressusque Moyses de conspectu Pharaonis, oravit Dominum. 19 Qui flare fecit ventum ab occidente vehementissimum, et arreptam locustam projecit in mare Rubrum : non remansit ne una quidem in cunctis finibus gypti. 20 Et induravit Dominus cor Pharaonis, nec dimisit filios Isral.21 Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen : Extende manum tuam in clum : et sint tenebr super terram gypti tam dens, ut palpari queant. 22 Extenditque Moyses manum in clum : et fact sunt tenebr horribiles in universa terra gypti tribus diebus. 23 Nemo vidit fratrem suum, nec movit se de loco in quo erat : ubicumque autem habitabant filii Isral, lux erat. 24 Vocavitque Pharao Moysen et Aaron, et dixit eis : Ite, sacrificate Domino : oves tantum vestr et armenta remaneant, parvuli vestri eant vobiscum. 25 Ait Moyses : Hostias quoque et holocausta dabis nobis, qu offeramus Domino Deo nostro. 26 Cuncti greges pergent nobiscum ; non remanebit ex eis ungula : qu necessaria sunt in cultum Domini Dei nostri : prsertim cum ignoremus quid debeat immolari, donec ad ipsum locum perveniamus. 27 Induravit autem Dominus cor Pharaonis, et noluit dimittere eos. 28 Dixitque Pharao ad Moysen : Recede a me, et cave ne ultra videas faciem meam : quocumque die apparueris mihi, morieris. 29 Respondit Moyses : Ita fiet ut locutus es : non videbo ultra faciem tuam.