¹² But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart^(A) and he would not listen^(B) to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.

³⁴ When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. ³⁵ So Pharaoh’s heart^(A) was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.

The Plague of Locusts

10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart^(B) and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs^(C) of mine among them ² that you may tell your children^(D) and grandchildren how I dealt harshly^(E) with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”^(F)

¹⁶ Pharaoh quickly summoned^(A) Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned^(B) against the Lord your God and against you. ¹⁷ Now forgive^(C) my sin once more and pray^(D) to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”

¹⁸ Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.^{(E) 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.^[a] Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. ²⁰ But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,^(F) and he would not let the Israelites go.

²⁴ Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go,^(A) worship the Lord. Even your women and children^(B) may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”^(C)

²⁵ But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings^(D) 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 worshiping 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,^(E) and he was not willing to let them go.

⁸ The Lord hardened the heart^(A) of Pharaoh king of Egypt, so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out boldly.^(B)