14. The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and rested on the entire territory of Egypt. So dense—there was nothing like it before them, nor will there ever be again.
15. For they covered the face of the whole earth so that the land was darkened, and they ate every plant in the land and all the fruit from the trees that the hail had left. No green thing remained, not a tree or a plant of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
16. Then Pharaoh quickly called for Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against Adonai your God and against you.
17. Now forgive my sin, only this once, please! So pray to Adonai your God—just so He would take this death away from me!”
18. So he went out from Pharaoh and prayed to Adonai.
19. Then Adonai turned the wind from the west, very strong, and it carried off the locusts and drove them into the Sea of Reeds. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.
20. But Adonai hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let Bnei-Yisrael go.
21. Then Adonai said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt—a darkness that may be felt.”
22. So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.
23. They could not see one another, nor could anyone rise from his place for three days. Yet all Bnei-Yisrael had light within their dwellings.
24. Pharaoh called Moses and said, “Go, serve Adonai. Only let your flocks and your herds remain. Your little ones may also go with you.”
25. But Moses said, “You must also put sacrifices and burnt offerings into our hand, then we will do it for Adonai our God.
26. Our cattle must also go with us—not a hoof may be left behind. We must take from them to serve Adonai our God. We ourselves will not know how we will serve Adonai until we arrive there.”
27. But Adonai hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was unwilling to let them go.
28. So Pharaoh said to him, “Go away from me! Take heed never to see my face again, because on the day you do, you will die!”
29. “Right!” Moses said. “You said it! May I never see your face again!”