17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and (A)plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.” 18 So (B)he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them (C)into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. 20 But the Lord (D)hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.

The Ninth Plague: Darkness

21 Then the Lord said to Moses, (E)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be (F)darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.”

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