Exodus 1010ExodusThe plagues and the PassoverThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. The Eighth Plague: Locusts

2. 1ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his lev, and the lev of his avadim, that I might show these My otot before him;BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
3. 2ENGOJBAnd that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy ben, and of thy benʼs ben, what things I have wrought in Mitzrayim, and My otot which I have done among them; that ye may have da'as that I am Hashem.BSBBSB: and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
4. 3ENGOJBAnd Moshe and Aharon came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Hashem Elohei HaIvrim, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.BSBBSB: So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told 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.
5. 4ENGOJBElse, if thou refuse to let My people go, hineni, tomorrow will I bring the arbeh into thy border;BSBBSB: But if you refuse to let My people go, I will bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
6. 5ENGOJBAnd they shall cover the face of ha'aretz, that one cannot be able to see ha'aretz; and they shall devour the remnant of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the barad, and shall eat kol haetz which groweth for you out of the sadeh;BSBBSB: They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.
7. 6ENGOJBAnd they shall fill thy batim (houses), and the batim (houses) of all thy avadim, and the batim (houses) of kol Mitzrayim; which neither thy avot, nor the avot of thy avot have seen, since the day that they were upon ha'aretz unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.BSBBSB: They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
8. 7ENGOJBAnd Pharaohʼs avadim said unto him, How long shall this man be a mokesh (snare) unto us? Let the anashim go, that they may serve Hashem Eloheihem; knowest thou not yet that Mitzrayim is destroyed?BSBBSB: Pharaoh’s officials asked 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 lies in ruins?”
9. 8ENGOJBAnd Moshe and Aharon were brought again unto Pharaoh; and he said unto them, Go, serve Hashem Eloheichem; but who are they that shall go?BSBBSB: So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
10. 9ENGOJBAnd Moshe said, We will go with ne'areinu and with zekeineinu, with baneinu and with benoteinu, with tzoneinu and with bekareinu (our herds) will we go; for Chag Hashem lanu.BSBBSB: “We will go with our young and old,” Moses replied. “We will go with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.”
11. 10ENGOJBAnd he said unto them, Hashem will indeed be with you, if ever I let you go, and your little ones; look to it, evil intent is before you.BSBBSB: Then Pharaoh told them, “May the LORD be with you if I ever let you go with your little ones. Clearly you are bent on evil.
12. 11ENGOJBNot so; go now ye that are gevarim, and serve Hashem; for that ye did request. And they were driven out from Pharaohʼs presence.BSBBSB: No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
13. 12ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch out thine yad over Eretz Mitzrayim for the arbeh, that they may come up upon Eretz Mitzrayim, and devour kol esev ha'aretz, even all that the barad hath left as remnant.BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.”
14. 13ENGOJBAnd Moshe stretched forth his matteh over Eretz Mitzrayim, and Hashem brought a ruach kadim upon the land all that yom, and all that lailah; and when it was boker, the ruach hakadim brought the arbeh.BSBBSB: So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
15. 14ENGOJBAnd the arbeh went up over kol Eretz Mitzrayim, and rested on the entire border of Mitzrayim: very grievous were they; before them there were no such arbeh as they, neither after them shall be such.BSBBSB: The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
16. 15ENGOJBFor they covered the kol ha'aretz, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat kol esev ha'aretz, and kol p'ri haetz which the barad had left as remnant; and there remained not any yerek baetz, or in the esev hasadeh, through kol Eretz Mitzrayim.BSBBSB: They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
17. 16ENGOJBThen Pharaoh called for Moshe and Aharon in haste; and he said, chatati (I have sinned) against Hashem Eloheichem, and against you.BSBBSB: Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
18. 17ENGOJBTherefore forgive, now, my sin only this once, and entreat Hashem Eloheichem, that He would only take away from me this mavet.BSBBSB: Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”
19. 18ENGOJBAnd he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Hashem.BSBBSB: So Moses left Pharaoh’s presence and appealed to the LORD.
20. 19ENGOJBAnd Hashem turned a west ruach chazak me'od, which took away the arbeh, and cast them into the Yam Suf; there remained not one arbeh in all the borders of Mitzrayim.BSBBSB: And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
21. 20ENGOJBBut Hashem hardened lev Pharaoh, so that he would not let the Bnei Yisroel go.BSBBSB: But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.

22. The Ninth Plague: Darkness

23. 21ENGOJBAnd Hashem said unto Moshe, Stretch out thine yad toward Shomayim, that there may be choshech over Eretz Mitzrayim, even choshech which he can feel.BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”
24. 22ENGOJBAnd Moshe stretched forth his yad toward Shomayim; and there was a thick choshech in kol Eretz Mitzrayim shloshet yamim;BSBBSB: So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and total darkness covered all the land of Egypt for three days.
25. 23ENGOJBThey saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for shloshet yamim; but kol Bnei Yisroel had Ohr in their dwellings.BSBBSB: No one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
26. 24ENGOJBAnd Pharaoh called unto Moshe, and said, Go ye, serve Hashem; only let your tzon and your herds remain behind; let your little ones also go with you.BSBBSB: Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
27. 25ENGOJBAnd Moshe said, Thou must give us also zevakhim and olot, that we may sacrifice unto Hashem Eloheinu.BSBBSB: But Moses replied, “You must also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the LORD our God.
28. 26ENGOJBAlso mikneinu shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve Hashem Eloheinu; and we know not with what we must serve Hashem, until we come to there.BSBBSB: Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
29. 27ENGOJBBut Hashem hardened lev Pharaoh, and he would not let them go.BSBBSB: But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
30. 28ENGOJBAnd 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.BSBBSB: “Depart from me!” Pharaoh said to Moses. “Make sure you never see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you will die.”
31. 29ENGOJBAnd Moshe said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.BSBBSB: “As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again.”