Egyptian Livestock Die

9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says: “^(A)Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. ² For ^(B)if you refuse to let them go and ^[a]continue to hold them, ³ behold, ^(C)the hand of the Lord ^[b]will come with a very severe plague on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks. ^4 (D)But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that ^(E)nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’” ⁵ And the Lord set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” ⁶ So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and ^(F)all the livestock of Egypt died; ^(G)but not one of the livestock of the sons of Israel died. ⁷ And Pharaoh sent men, and they learned that, behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But ^(H)the heart of Pharaoh was ^[c]hardened, and he did not let the people go.

The Plague of Boils

⁸ Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and Moses shall toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. ⁹ Then it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will turn into ^(I)boils breaking out with sores on every person and animal through all the land of Egypt.” ¹⁰ So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on every person and animal. ^11 (J)The soothsayer priests could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the soothsayer priests as well as on all the Egyptians. ¹² But ^(K)the Lord ^[d]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

¹³ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(L)Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says: “^(M)Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. ¹⁴ For this time I am going to send all My plagues ^[e]on you and your servants and your people, so that ^(N)you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. ¹⁵ For had I now put out My hand and struck you and your people with plague, you would then have been eliminated from the earth. ¹⁶ But indeed, ^(O)for this reason I have allowed you to ^[f]remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth. ¹⁷ Still you exalt yourself against My people ^[g]by not letting them go.

The Plague of Hail

¹⁸ Behold, about this time tomorrow, ^(P)I will ^[h]send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded ^[i]until now. ¹⁹ So now, send word, bring ^(Q)your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. ^(R)Every person and animal that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’” ^20 (S)Everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who ^[j]feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring his servants and his livestock into the houses; ²¹ but everyone who ^[k]did not pay regard to the word of the Lord ^[l]left his servants and his livestock in the field.

²² Now the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that ^[m](T)hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on every person and animal, and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” ²³ So Moses reached out with his staff toward the sky, and the Lord ^[n]sent ^[o]thunder and ^(U)hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. ²⁴ So there was hail, and fire flashing intermittently in the midst of the hail, which was very heavy, such as had not occurred in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. ^25 (V)The hail struck everything that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from people to animals; the hail also struck every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of the field. ^26 (W)Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.

²⁷ Then Pharaoh ^[p](X)sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “^(Y)I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. ^28 (Z)Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s ^[q]thunder and hail; and ^(AA)I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” ²⁹ Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will ^(AB)spread out my ^[r]hands to the Lord; the ^[s]thunder will cease and there will no longer be hail, so that you may know that ^(AC)the earth is the Lord’s. ^30 (AD)But as for you and your servants, I know that ^(AE)you do not yet ^[t]fear ^[u]the Lord God.” ³¹ (Now the flax and the ^(AF)barley were ^[v]ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. ³² But the wheat and the spelt were not ^[w]ruined, for they ripen late.) ^33 (AG)So Moses left the city from his meeting with Pharaoh, and spread out his ^[x]hands to the Lord; and the ^[y]thunder and the hail stopped, and rain ^[z]no longer poured on the earth. ³⁴ But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the ^[aa]thunder had stopped, he sinned again and ^[ab]hardened his heart, he and his servants. ³⁵ So Pharaoh’s heart was ^[ac]hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the ^(AH)Lord had spoken through Moses.

The Plague of Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for ^(AI)I have ^[ad]hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, so that I may ^[ae]perform these signs of Mine ^[af]among them, ² and ^(AJ)that you may tell in the ^[ag]presence of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I ^[ah]performed My signs among them, ^(AK)so 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 ^(AL)humble yourself before Me? ^(AM)Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. ⁴ For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. ⁵ And they will cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. ^(AN)They will also eat the rest of what has survived—what is left to you from the hail—and they will eat every tree of yours which grows ^[ai]in the field. ⁶ Then ^(AO)your houses will be filled with them, ^[aj]together with the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they ^[ak]came upon the earth until this day.’” And he turned and left Pharaoh. ⁷ Then ^(AP)Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long shall this man be ^(AQ)a snare to us? Let the ^[al]people go, so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet ^[am]realize that Egypt is destroyed?” ⁸ So Moses and Aaron ^(AR)were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “^(AS)Go, serve the Lord your God! ^[an]Who specifically are the ones who are going?” ⁹ Moses said, “^(AT)We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, ^(AU)with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we ^[ao]must hold a feast to the Lord.” ¹⁰ Then he said to them, “So may the Lord be with you, when I let you and your little ones go! Watch out, for evil is ^[ap]on your mind! ¹¹ Not so! Go now, but only the men among you, and serve the Lord, since ^[aq]that is what you desire.” So ^(AV)they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

¹² Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(AW)Reach out with your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come up on the land of Egypt and ^(AX)eat every plant of the land, everything that the hail has left.” ¹³ So Moses reached out with his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind ^[ar]brought the ^(AY)locusts. ^14 (AZ)The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very ^[as]numerous. There had never been so many ^[at]locusts, nor would there be so many ^[au]again. ¹⁵ For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ^(BA)ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Therefore nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt. ¹⁶ Then Pharaoh hurriedly ^(BB)called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, “^(BC)I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. ¹⁷ So now, please forgive my sin only this once, and ^(BD)plead with the Lord your God, that He would only remove this death from me.” ¹⁸ Then ^(BE)he left Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. ¹⁹ So the Lord shifted the wind to a very strong west wind, which picked up the locusts and drove them into the ^[av]Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt. ²⁰ But ^(BF)the Lord ^[aw]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go.

Darkness over the Land

²¹ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(BG)Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness ^(BH)which may be felt.” ²² So Moses reached out with his hand toward the sky, and there was ^(BI)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. ²³ They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, ^(BJ)but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. ²⁴ Then Pharaoh ^(BK)called for Moses, and said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be left behind. Even ^(BL)your little ones may go with you.” ²⁵ But Moses said, “You must also ^[ax]let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, so that we may ^[ay]sacrifice them to the Lord our God. ^26 (BM)Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the Lord our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the Lord.” ²⁷ But ^(BN)the Lord ^[az]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. ²⁸ Then Pharaoh said to him, “^(BO)Get away from me! ^[ba]Be careful, do not see my face again, for on the day you see my face, you shall die!” ²⁹ Moses said, “You have spoken correctly; ^(BP)I shall never see your face again!”

The Last Plague

11 Now the Lord said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; ^(BQ)after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will assuredly drive you out from here completely. ² Speak now ^[bb]so that the people hear, that ^(BR)each man is to ask of his neighbor, and each woman of her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.” ³ And ^(BS)the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. ^(BT)Furthermore, the man Moses himself was ^[bc]greatly esteemed in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

⁴ Then Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About ^(BU)midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, ⁵ and ^(BV)all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well. ⁶ So there shall be ^(BW)a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again. ^7 (BX)But not even a dog will ^[bd]threaten any of the sons of Israel, nor anything from person to animal, so that you may ^[be]learn how the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.’ ⁸ And ^(BY)all these servants of yours will come down to me and bow themselves ^[bf]before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who ^[bg]follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” ^(BZ)And he left Pharaoh in the heat of anger.

⁹ Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(CA)Pharaoh will not listen to you, so ^(CB)that My wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” ¹⁰ So ^(CC)Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet ^(CD)the Lord ^[bh]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

The Resurrection

24 ^(A)But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. ² And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, ³ but when they entered, they did not find the body of ^(B)the Lord Jesus. ⁴ While they were perplexed about this, behold, ^(C)two men suddenly ^(D)stood near them in gleaming clothing; ⁵ and as ^[a]the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why are you seeking the living One among the dead? ⁶ He is not here, but He ^(E)has ^[b]risen. Remember how He spoke to you ^(F)while He was still in Galilee, ⁷ saying that ^(G)the Son of Man must be handed over to sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise from the dead.” ⁸ And ^(H)they remembered His words, ⁹ and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. ¹⁰ Now these women were ^(I)Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to ^(J)the apostles. ¹¹ But these words appeared ^[c]to them as nonsense, and they ^(K)would not believe ^[d]the women. ¹² Nevertheless, Peter got up and ^(L)ran to the tomb; and when he stooped and looked in, he *saw the linen wrappings ^[e]only; and he went away ^(M)to his ^[f]home, marveling at what had happened.

The Road to Emmaus

¹³ And behold, on that very day ^(N)two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, which was ^[g]sixty stadia from Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. ¹⁵ While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. ¹⁶ But ^(O)their eyes were kept from recognizing Him. ¹⁷ And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they came to a stop, looking sad. ¹⁸ One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You possibly the only one living near Jerusalem ^[h]who does not know about the things that happened here in these days?” ¹⁹ And He said to them, “What sort of things?” And they said to Him, “Those about ^(P)Jesus the Nazarene, who proved to be a ^(Q)prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, ²⁰ and how the chief priests and our ^(R)rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him. ²¹ But we ^[i]were hoping that it was He who was going to ^(S)redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. ²² But also some women among us left us bewildered. ^(T)When they were at the tomb early in the morning, ²³ and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. ²⁴ And so some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.” ²⁵ And then He said to them, “^[j]You foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that ^(U)the prophets have spoken! ^26 (V)Was it not necessary for the ^[k]Christ to suffer these things and to come into His glory?” ²⁷ Then beginning ^[l]with ^(W)Moses and ^[m]with all the ^(X)Prophets, He explained to them the things written about Himself in all the Scriptures.

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(Y)He gave the impression that He was going farther. ²⁹ And so they strongly urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ^[n]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it came about, when He had reclined at the table with them, that He took the bread and ^(Z)blessed it, and He broke it and began giving it to them. ³¹ And then their ^(AA)eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from ^[o]their sight. ³² They said to one another, “^[p]Were our hearts not burning within us when He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(AB)was ^[q]explaining the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(AC)found the eleven gathered together and ^(AD)those who were with them, ³⁴ saying, “^(AE)The Lord has really risen and ^(AF)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ They began to relate ^[r]their experiences on the road, and how ^(AG)He was recognized by them at the breaking of the bread.

Other Appearances

³⁶ Now while they were telling these things, ^(AH)Jesus Himself suddenly stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” ³⁷ But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at ^(AI)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your ^[s]hearts? ^39 (AJ)See My hands and My feet, that ^[t]it is I Myself; ^(AK)touch Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you plainly see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ While they still ^[u](AL)could not believe it because of their joy and astonishment, He said to them, “^(AM)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They served Him a piece of broiled fish; ⁴³ and He took it and ^(AN)ate it in front of them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(AO)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the ^(AP)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(AQ)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(AR)opened their ^[v]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(AS)So it is written, that the ^[w]Christ would suffer and ^(AT)rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(AU)repentance ^[x]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[y]in His name to ^(AV)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(AW)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(AX)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but ^(AY)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as ^(AZ)Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually in the temple ^[z]praising God.