The Plague of Locusts – Exodus – The Brick Bible

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Yahweh then said to Moses, 'Go to Pharaoh, for I have made him and his officials stubborn so that you can tell your sons and your son's sons how I made fools of the Egyptians.

1 of 16 Exodus 10:1–2

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, 'Yahweh, God of the Hebrews says this: How much longer will you refuse to submit to me? If you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I shall send locusts into your country.'

2 of 16 Exodus 10:3–4

'They will devour the remainder of what has escaped, of what you have been left after the hail. They will devour all your trees growing in the fields, and they will fill your houses.'

3 of 16 Exodus 10:5–6

Then Pharaoh's officials said to him, 'How much longer are we to be tricked by this fellow? Let the people go and worship Yahweh their God. Do you not finally realize that Egypt is on the brink of ruin?'

4 of 16 Exodus 10:7

So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh who said to them, 'Go and worship Yahweh your God. But who are to go?'

5 of 16 Exodus 10:8

Moses replied, 'We shall take our young men and our old men. We shall take our sons and daughters, our flocks and our herds, since we are going to hold a feast in Yahweh's honour.'

6 of 16 Exodus 10:9

Pharaoh said, 'If I send you with your wives and children, evil will confront you even if Yahweh is with you. No, only the men may go and worship Yahweh, since that is what you were asking for.'

7 of 16 Exodus 10:10–11

Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh's presence.

8 of 16 Exodus 10:11

Moses stretched his staff over Egypt.

9 of 16 Exodus 10:13

Yahweh sent an east wind which blew all that day and night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.

10 of 16 Exodus 10:13–14

The locusts invaded the whole of Egypt and settled all over Egypt in great swarms. They covered the surface of the ground till the land was devastated.

11 of 16 Exodus 10:15

No green was left on tree or plant in the fields anywhere in Egypt.

12 of 16 Exodus 10:15

Pharaoh sent urgently for Moses and Aaron and said, 'I have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Now forgive my sin, I emplore you, just this once, and entreat Yahweh to turn this deadly thing away from me.'

13 of 16 Exodus 10:16–17

When Moses left Pharaoh's presence, he prayed to Yahweh.

14 of 16 Exodus 10:18

Yahweh changed the wind into a west wind, very strong, which carried the locusts away and swept them into the Sea of Reeds.

15 of 16 Exodus 10:18

But Yahweh made Pharaoh stubborn, and he did not let the Israelites go.

16 of 16 Exodus 10:20

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