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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 10
The Lord sends plague of locusts—This is followed by thick darkness
in all Egypt for three days—Moses cast out from the presence of Pharaoh.
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1 AND the LORD said unto
Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: afor I have hardened his
hearta, and the heart of his
servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
2 And that thou mayest atell in the
ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt,
and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I
am the LORD.
3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said
unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse
to ahumble thyself before me? let my people go, that they
may serve me.
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1a
OR consecrate or set apart.
b
Lev. 21:10 (10-15)
c
OR young bull (also vv. 3, 10-12,
14, 36).;
Lev. 8:2;
1 Chr. 13:9
2a
Lev. 2:4
b
HEB mingled
OR smeared
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4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to
morrow will I bring the alocusts into thy coast:
5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one
cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the
aresidue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you
from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the
field:
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
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1a
OR consecrate or set apart.
b
Lev. 21:10 (10-15)
c
OR young bull (also vv. 3, 10-12,
14, 36).;
Lev. 8:2;
1 Chr. 13:9
2a
Lev. 2:4
b
HEB mingled
OR smeared
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7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall
this man be a asnare unto us? let the men go, that they
may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is
bdestroyed?
8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with
our aold, with our sons and with our daughters, with our
flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a
bfeast unto the LORD.
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1a
OR consecrate or set apart.
b
Lev. 21:10 (10-15)
c
OR young bull (also vv. 3, 10-12,
14, 36).;
Lev. 8:2;
1 Chr. 13:9
2a
Lev. 2:4
b
HEB mingled
OR smeared
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10 And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you,
aas I will let you go, and your little ones: look to
it; for bevil is before you.
11 Not so: go now ye that are
mena, and serve the LORD; for that
ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
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11a go no ye that are
men Pharaoh has here stated 'Not So!' to the taking of the little
ones and women, but that just the men are to go and serve the Lord. This is
a gaurantee that they would return. And then Pharaoh had Moses and Aaron
driven out from his presence. But this was not the condition placed upon the
request made. Thus the Lord would proceed to act without against Pharaoh ad
had been warned with the plague of the locusts.
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12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
13 And Moses stretched forth 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 alocusts went up over all
the land of Egypt, and rested bin all the coasts of Egypt:
very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as
they, neither after them shall be such.
15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
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16 ¶ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.
17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
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18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind,
which took away the locusts, and cast them into the aRed
sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
20 aBut the LORD hardened Pharaoh's
heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
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21 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out
thine hand toward heaven, that there may be adarkness over
the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be
bfelt.
22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven;
and there was a thick adarkness in all the land of Egypt
three days:
23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
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24 ¶ And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
25 And Moses said, Thou must agive
us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
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27 ¶ aBut the LORD hardened
Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
29 And Moses said, aThou hast spoken
well, I will see thy face again no more.
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