²¹And Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt and so that a person can feel darkness.” ²²And Moses stretched out his hand toward the heavens, and there was darkness of night in all the land of Egypt for three days. ²³No one could see his brother, and because of it no one could move from where they were^l for three days, but there was light for the Israelites^m in their dwellings.

²⁴And Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve Yahweh. Only your sheep and goats and your cattle must be left behind. Your dependentsⁿ may also go with you.” ²⁵And Moses said, “Even if you yourself put into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings and we offer them to Yahweh our God, ²⁶our livestock must also go with us. Not a hoof can be left because we must take from them to serve Yahweh our God. And we will not know with what we are to serve Yahweh until we come there.” ²⁷And Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to release them. ²⁸And Pharaoh said to him, “Go from me. Be careful^o not to see my face again, because on the day of your seeing my face you will die.” ²⁹And Moses said, “That is right.^p I will not again see your face.”^q

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Footnotes

lLiterally “a man did not rise from under it”
mLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
nOr “little children” or “little ones”; the term here includes women and children and men too old or ill to fight
oLiterally “watch for you”
pLiterally “right you said”
qLiterally “I will not add again seeing of your face”