Exodus 10
New International Version - UK
The plague of locusts
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and 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 humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. 6 They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians – something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.”’ Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s officials said to 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 realise that Egypt is ruined?’
8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. ‘Go, worship the Lord your God,’ he said. ‘But tell me who will be going.’
9 Moses answered, ‘We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.’
10 Pharaoh said, ‘The Lord be with you – if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.[a] 11 No! Let only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.’ Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.’
13 So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail – everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, ‘I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.’
18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.[b] Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.
The plague of darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Stretch out your hand towards the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt – darkness that can be felt.’ 22 So Moses stretched out his hand towards the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.
24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, ‘Go, worship the Lord. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.’
25 But Moses said, ‘You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshipping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.’
27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, ‘Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.’
29 ‘Just as you say,’ Moses replied. ‘I will never appear before you again.’
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you!
- Exodus 10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds
Exodus 10
New King James Version
The Eighth Plague: Locusts(A)
10 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; (B)for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, (C)that I may show these signs of Mine before him, 2 and that (D)you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may (E)know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to (F)humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may (G)serve Me. 4 Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring (H)locusts into your territory. 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and (I)they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field. 6 They shall (J)fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh’s (K)servants said to him, “How long shall this man be (L)a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Who are the ones that are going?”
9 And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for (M)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
10 Then he said to them, “The Lord had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you. 11 Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven (N)out from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, (O)“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and (P)eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And (Q)the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; (R)previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them. 15 For they (S)covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they (T)ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called (U)for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, (V)“I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and (W)entreat[a] the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.” 18 So he (X)went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them (Y)into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But the Lord (Z)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AA)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, [b]darkness which may even be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was (AB)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt (AC)three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. (AD)But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and (AE)said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your (AF)little ones also go with you.”
25 But Moses said, “You must also give [c]us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our (AG)livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the Lord our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”
27 But the Lord (AH)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, (AI)“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 So Moses said, “You have spoken well. (AJ)I will never see your face again.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:17 make supplication to
- Exodus 10:21 Lit. that one may feel the darkness
- Exodus 10:25 Lit. into our hands
Éxodo 10
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Octava plaga: las langostas
10 El Señor dijo a Moisés:
— Preséntate ante el faraón, porque yo soy el que ha hecho que tanto él como sus cortesanos se muestren intransigentes, a fin de que se pongan de manifiesto en medio de ellos mis prodigios. 2 Así podrás contar a tus hijos y a tus nietos cómo castigué a Egipto y qué prodigios realicé entre ellos; y reconocerán que yo soy el Señor.
3 Moisés y Aarón se presentaron ante el faraón y le dijeron:
— Esto dice el Señor, Dios de los hebreos: ¿Hasta cuándo te negarás a humillarte ante mí y a dejar salir a mi pueblo para que me rinda culto? 4 Si te niegas a dejarlo salir, mañana mismo voy a hacer que una plaga de langosta invada tu país. 5 Cubrirán tu país de tal manera que no se podrá ver el suelo, devorando el resto de la cosecha que se salvó del granizo junto con todos los árboles que crecen en los campos. 6 Llenarán tus palacios, las casas de tus cortesanos y las del resto de los egipcios. ¡Será algo como nunca vieron tus padres ni tus abuelos desde que aparecieron sobre la tierra hasta el presente!
Dicho esto, Moisés dio media vuelta y salió de la presencia del faraón. 7 Los cortesanos del faraón le dijeron:
— ¿Hasta cuándo va a ser este hombre nuestra ruina? Deja marchar a esa gente y que rindan culto al Señor, su Dios.
8 Entonces hicieron volver a Moisés y Aarón ante el faraón, el cual les dijo:
— Vayan y rindan culto al Señor su Dios. Pero, ¿quiénes son los que van a ir?
9 Moisés respondió:
— Para celebrar la fiesta en honor del Señor, hemos de ir con nuestros niños y ancianos, con nuestros hijos e hijas, con nuestras ovejas y vacas.
10 El faraón les replicó diciendo:
— ¡Están muy equivocados si piensan que voy a dejar que se marchen con sus niños! ¡Algo están ustedes tramando! 11 No irán como dicen; sólo irán los varones adultos a rendir culto al Señor, ya que eso es lo que ustedes han pedido.
Acto seguido, los echaron de la presencia del faraón.
12 El Señor dijo a Moisés:
— Extiende tu mano sobre Egipto, para que venga sobre el país una plaga de langostas y devore la vegetación que no destruyó el granizo.
13 Moisés extendió su vara, apuntando hacia Egipto, y el Señor hizo soplar sobre el país el viento del este, desde la mañana hasta la noche. Al amanecer, el viento del este había traído una plaga de langostas 14 que invadió todo el país, hasta el último rincón. ¡Nunca antes se había visto tal cantidad de langostas, ni se vio después algo parecido! 15 Las langostas cubrieron el país de tal modo que se oscureció su superficie; devoraron todas las plantas del país y todos los frutos de los árboles que se habían salvado del granizo. No dejaron nada verde en ningún lugar de Egipto: ni en el campo, ni en los árboles.
16 El faraón mandó llamar urgentemente a Moisés y Aarón para decirles:
— Reconozco que he pecado contra el Señor, su Dios, y contra ustedes. 17 Les ruego que de nuevo me perdonen y que rueguen al Señor, su Dios, que aleje de aquí este desastroso castigo.
18 Moisés salió de su presencia y oró al Señor. 19 El Señor cambió la dirección del viento, y un viento fuerte del oeste barrió las langostas y las arrojó al mar de las Cañas. No quedó en todo Egipto una sola langosta. 20 Pero el Señor mantuvo al faraón en su postura intransigente y no dejó salir a los israelitas.
Novena Plaga: Las tinieblas
21 El Señor dijo a Moisés:
— Alza tu mano hacia el cielo, para que aparezcan sobre todo Egipto unas tinieblas tan densas que se puedan palpar.
22 Moisés así lo hizo, y se cernió sobre Egipto una espesa tiniebla que duró tres días. 23 Durante ese tiempo nadie pudo moverse, pues no se veían unos a otros; pero sí hubo luz donde vivían los israelitas. 24 Una vez más el faraón mandó llamar a Moisés y le dijo:
— Vayan con sus hijos a rendir culto al Señor, su Dios, pero dejen aquí sus ovejas y vacas.
25 Moisés respondió:
— Tienes que dejarnos llevar también las víctimas para los sacrificios y holocaustos en honor del Señor, nuestro Dios; 26 también nuestro ganado ha de venir con nosotros. No dejaremos aquí ni una sola res, porque debemos rendir culto al Señor, nuestro Dios, con las cosas que nos pertenecen; y hasta que no lleguemos allí, no sabremos qué es lo adecuado para rendirle culto.
27 El Señor hizo que el faraón se mantuviera intransigente y que no los dejara salir. 28 Dijo además el faraón a Moisés:
— ¡Fuera de aquí! Y no vuelvas nunca más a presentarte ante mí, pues el día en que aparezcas nuevamente por aquí, morirás.
29 A lo que Moisés respondió:
— Será como dices, no me verás nunca más.
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