Exodus 10–12

And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: ^afor I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him: ²and that ^bthou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things ^cI have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done amongst them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord. ³And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. ⁴Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the ^dlocusts into thy coast: ⁵and they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and ^ethey shall eat the residue of that which is escaped which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: ⁶and they ^fshall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. ⁷And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be ^ga snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? ⁸And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go? ⁹And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for ^hwe must hold a feast unto the Lord. ¹⁰And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. ¹¹Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that you did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence. ¹²And the Lord said unto Moses, ⁱStretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and ^keat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. ¹³And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. ¹⁴And ^lthe locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; ^mbefore them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. ¹⁵For they covered the ⁿface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ^odid eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. ¹⁶Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, ^pI have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. ¹⁷Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and ^qintreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. ¹⁸And he ^rwent out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord. ¹⁹And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them ^sinto the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. ²⁰But the Lord ^thardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

²¹And the Lord said unto Moses, ^uStretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. ²²And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a ^xthick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: ²³they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: ^ybut all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. ²⁴And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and ^zsaid, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your ^alittle ones also go with you. ²⁵And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. ²⁶Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither. ²⁷But the Lord ^bhardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. ²⁸And 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. ²⁹And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, ^cI will see thy face again no more.

XI.(And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring ^aone plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: ^bwhen he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. ²Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man ^cborrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. ^3dAnd the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man ^eMoses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.) ⁴And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, ^fAbout midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: ⁵and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant ^gthat is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. ^6hAnd there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. ⁷ⁱBut against any of the children of Israel ^kshall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. ⁸And ^lall these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. ⁹And the Lord said unto Moses, ^mPharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that ⁿmy wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: ^oand the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

XII.And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, ^2aThis month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. ³Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a house: ⁴and if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. ⁵Your lamb shall be ^bwithout blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: ⁶and ye shall keep it up until the ^cfourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. ⁷And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. ⁸And they shall eat the flesh in ^qthat night, roast with fire, and ^dunleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ⁹Eat not of it raw, nor ^esodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the ^fpurtenance thereof. ^10gAnd ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. ¹¹And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: ^hit is the Lord’s passover. ¹²For I ⁱwill pass through the land of Egypt ^qthis night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: ^jI am the Lord. ¹³And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. ¹⁴And ^qthis day shall be unto you ^kfor a memorial; and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast ^lby an ordinance for ever. ^15mSeven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, ⁿthat soul shall be cut off from Israel. ¹⁶And in the first day there shall be ^oa holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. ¹⁷And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for ^pin this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe ^qthis day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. ¹⁸In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. ¹⁹Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. ²⁰Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

²¹Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb ^raccording to your families, and kill the passover. ²²And ye shall take a bunch of ^shyssop, and ^tdip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike ^uthe lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of…