Exodus, 2 - Chapters 06-10, American Standard Version

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Chapter six through ten of Exodus American Standard version. This
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Sam Stinson. Chapter six, and Jehovah said, unto Moses, now

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shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh. For
by a strong hand shall he let them go, and
by a strong hand shall he drive them out of
his land. And God spake unto Moses and said unto him,
I am Jehovah. And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac,
and unto Jacob, as God Almighty. But by my name Jehovah,

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I was not known to them. And I have also
established my covenant with them to give them the land
of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they so journed.
And moreover, I have heard the groaning of the children
of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I
have remembered my covenant. Wherefore say, unto the children of Israel,

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I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from
under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid
you of their bondage. And I will redeem you with
an outstretched arm and with great judgments, and I will
take you to me for a people, and I will
be to you a god. And ye shall know that
I am Jehovah, your God, who bringeth you out from

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under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring
you in unto the land which I swear to give
to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, and I will
give it you for a heritage. I am Jehovah. And
Moses spake so unto the children of Israel. But they
hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for

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cruel bondage. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, go in
speak unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he let the
children of Israel go out of his land. And Moses
spake before Jehovah, saying, behold, the children of Israel have
not hearkened unto me. How then shall Pharaoh hear me,
who am of uncircumcised lips. And Jehovah spake unto Moses

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and unto Aaron and gave them a charge unto the
children of Israel and unto Pharaoh, King of Egypt, to
bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.
These are the heads of their father's houses. The sons
of Reuben, the first born of Israel, Hannok and Palu,
Hazren and Karmi. These are the families of Reuben. And

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the sons of Simeon, Jemuel and Jamin, and Ohad and
Jakin and Zoar and Shaul the son of a Canaanidish woman.
These are the families of Simeon. And these are the
names of the sons of Levi according to their generations,
Gershon and Kohath and Marari, and the years of the

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life of Levi were one hundred thirty and seven years.
The sons of God Libni and Shimi according to their families,
and the sons of Kohath Amram and Ishar and Hebron
and Uziel, and the years of the life of Kohath
were one hundred thirty and three years. And the sons
of Mauri, Mali and Mushi. These are the families of

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the Levites according to their generations. And Amram took him
Jacobat his father's sister to wife, and she bear him
Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of
Amram were one hundred and thirty and seven years. And
the sons of Ishar, Krah and Nepheg and Zikri, and
the sons of Uziel, misha El and el Zaphan and Sythri,

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and Aaron took him Eli Shiba, the daughter of Aminadab,
the sister of Nayshon, to wife, and she bear him
Nadab and Abihu, Eliezer and Ithamar, and the sons of Korrah,
Asir and Elkanah and Abbi a Saf These are the
families of the Krahites. And Eliezer, Erin's son took him

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one of the daughters of Putiel to wife, and she
bare him Phineus. These are the heads of the father's
houses of the Levites, according to their families. These are
that Arin and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, bring out
the children of Israel from the land of Egypt. According
to their hosts, these are they that spake to Pharaoh,
King of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel

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from Egypt. These are that Moses and Aaron and it
came to pass on the day when Jehovah spake unto
Moses in the land of Egypt, that Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
I am Jehovah, speak thou unto Pharaoh, King of Egypt,
all that I speak unto thee And Moses said before Jehovah, behold,

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I am of uncircumcised lips, And how shall Pharaoh hearken
unto me? And of chapter six chapter seven, and Jehovah
said unto mosesus see I have made thee as God
to Pharaoh, and Er and thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee and Er

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and thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let
the children of Israel go out of his land. And
I will harden Pharaoh's heart and multiply my signs in
my wonders in the land of Egypt. But Pharaoh will
not hearken unto you. And I will lay my hand
upon Egypt and bring forth my hosts, my people, the
children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by

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great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah.
When I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring
out the children of Israel from among them. And Moses
and Aaron did so as Jehovah commanded them. So did they,
And Moses was fourscore years old, and Erin fourscore and

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three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And Jehovah
spake unto Moses and unto Arin, saying, when Pharaoh shall
speak unto you, saying show a wonder for you, then
thou shalt say unto Erin, take thy rod and cast
it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent. And
Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did

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so as Jehovah had commanded. And Aaron cast down his
rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became
a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men
and the sorcerers, and they also the magicians of Egypt
did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast
down every man his rod, and they became serpents. But

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Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods, and Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken.
And Jehovah said, unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He
refuseth to let the people go get thee unto Pharaoh.
In the morning, Lo he goeth out unto the water,

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and thou shalt stay and by the river's brink to
meet him. And the rod, which was turned to a serpent,
shalt thou take in thy hand, And thou shalt say
unto him. Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent
me unto thee saying, let my people go, that they
may serve me in the wilderness. And behold, hitherto thou

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hast not hearkened. Thus saith Jehovah. And this thou shalt
know that I am Jehovah. Behold, I will smite with
the rod that is in my hand upon the waters
which are in the river, and they shall be turned
to blood, and the fish that are in the river
shall die, and the river shall become foul, and the

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Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river. And
Jehovah said, unto Moses, say into Aaron, take thy rod,
and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt,
over their rivers, over their streams and over their pools,
and over all their ponds of water, that they may
become blood. And there shall be blood throughout all the

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land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in
vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron did so as
Jehovah commanded, and he lifted up the rod and smote
the waters that were in the river and the sight
of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and
all the waters that were in the river were turned
to blood, and the fish that were in the river died,

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and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not
drink water from the river. And the blood was throughout
all the land of Egypt. And the magicians of Egypt
did in like manner with their enchantments, and Pharaoh's heart
was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them as Jehovah
had spoken. And Pharaoh turned and went into his house.

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Neither did he lay even this to heart. And all
the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink,
for they could not drink of the water of the river.
And seven days were fulfilled. After that Jehovah had smitten
the river end of chapter seven Chapter eight. And Jehovah
spake unto Moses, go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him,

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Thus saith, Jehovah, let my people go, that they may
serve me. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold,
I will smite all thy borders with frogs, and the
river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and
come into thy house, and into thy bed chamber, and
upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants,

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and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into
thy kneading troughs. And the frogs shall come up both
upon thee and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.
And Jehovah said unto Moses, say unto Aaron, stretch forth
thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the streams,
and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up

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upon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his
hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came
up and covered the land of Egypt. And the magicians
did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up
frogs upon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for
Moses and Aaron and said, entreat Jehovah, that he take
away the frogs from me and from my people, and

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I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice
unto Jehovah. And Moses said, unto Pharaoh, have thou this
glory over me? Against what time shall I entreat for
thee and for thy servants and for thy people, that
the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses and
remain in the river only. Then he said, against tomorrow,

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And he said, be it according to thy word, that
thou mayst know that there is none like unto Jehovah,
our God. And the frogs shall depart from thee and
from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people.
They shall remain in the river only. And Moses and
Aaron went out from Pharaoh. And Moses cried unto Jehovah

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concerning the fro which he had brought upon Pharaoh. And
Jehovah did according to the word of Moses, and the
frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts,
and out of the fields. And they gathered them together
in heaps, and the land stank. But when Pharaoh saw
that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened
not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken. And Jehovah said

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unto Moses, saying to Aaron, stretch out thy rod and
smite the dust of the earth, that it may become
lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so.
And Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and
smote the dust of the earth. And there were lice
upon man and upon beast. All the dust of the
earth became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And

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the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice,
but they could not, and there were lice upon man
and upon beast. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, this
is the finger of God. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
and he hearkened not unto them as Jehovah had spoken.

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And Jehovah said, unto Moses, rise up early in the
morning and stand before Pharaoh. Lo he cometh forth to
the water, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, let
my people go, that they may serve me. Else, if
thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will
send swarms of flies upon thee and upon thy servants,

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and upon thy people, and into thy houses. And the
houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies,
and also the ground whereon they are. And I will
set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in
which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall
be there. To the end, thou mayest know that I
am Jehovah in the midst of the earth, and I

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will put a division between my people and thy people.
By tom tomorrow shall this sign be. And Jehovah did so,
And there came grievous swarms of flies into the house
of Pharaoh and into his servants houses, and in all
the land of Egypt. The land was corrupted by reason
of the swarms of flies. The Pharaoh called for Moses

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and for Arin, and said, go ye, sacrifice to your
God and the land. And Moses said, it is not
meet so to do, for we shall sacrifice the abomination
of the Egyptians to Jehovah, our God. Lo shall we
sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and
will they not stone us? We will go three days

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journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to Jehovah, our God,
as he shall command us. And Pharaoh said, I will
let you go that ye may sacrifice to Jehovah, your
God in the wilderness. Only ye shall not go very
far away entreat for me. And Moses said, behold, I

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go out from thee and I will entreat Jehovah, that
the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants,
and from his people tomorrow. Only let not Pharaoh deal
deceitfully any more, and not letting the people go to
sacrifice to Jehovah. And Moses went out from Pharaoh and

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entreated Jehovah. And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses,
and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from
his servants, and from his people. There remained not one.
And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he
did not let the people go. End of Chapter eight.
Chapter nine. Then Jehovah said, unto Moses, go in unto Pharaoh,

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and tell him, thus, saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews,
let my people go, that they may serve me. For
if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold
them still behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon by
cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon
the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon
the flocks. There shall be a very grievous moraine. And

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Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel
and the cattle of Egypt. And there shall nothing die
of all that belongeth to the children of Israel. And
jehovahppointed a set time, saying tomorrow, Jehovah shall do this
thing in the land. And Jehovah did that thing on
the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died, But

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of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
And Pharaoh sent and behold, there was not so much
as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But
the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not
let the people go. And Jehovah said, unto Moses and
unto Aaron, take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace,

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and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the side
of Pharaoh, and it shall become small dust over all
the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking
forth with blaines upon man and upon beast throughout all
the land of Egypt. And they took ashes of the
furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it up
toward heaven. And it became a boil, breaking forth with

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blaines upon man and upon beast. And the magicians could
not stand before Moses because of the boils. For the
boils were upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened
not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses. And
Jehovah said unto Moses. Rise up early in the morning,

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and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith Jehovah,
the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go that
they may serve me. For I will this time send
all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants,
and upon thy people, that thou mayest know that there
is none like me in all the earth. For now

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I had put forth my hand and smitten thee and
thy people with pestilence. Thou hadst been cut off from
the earth. But in very deed. For this cause have
I made thee to stand, to show thee my power,
and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou

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wilt not let them go Behold, tomorrow about this time
I will cause it to reign a very grievous hail,
such as hath not been in Egypt since the day
it was founded, even until now now. Therefore, send hasten
in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field.
For every man and beast that shall be found in

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the field and shall not be brought home, the hail
shall come down upon them, and they shall die. He
that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of
Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses.
And he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left
his serbans and his cattle in the field. And Jehovah said,
unto Moses, stretch forth thy hand toward Heaven, that there

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may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon
man and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt, and Moses stretched forth his
rod toward heaven, and Jehovah sent thunder and hail and
fire ran down unto the earth, and Jehovah rained hail
upon the land of Egypt. So there was hail and

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fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had
not been in all the land of Egypt since it
became a nation. And the hail smote throughout all the
land of Egypt all that was in the field, both
man and beast, and the hail smote every herb of
the field, and break every tree of the field. Only

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in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were,
was there no hail. And Pharaoh sent and called for
Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned
this time. Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people
are wicked. Entreat Jehovah, for there hath been enough of
these mighty thunderings and hail. And I will let you go,

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and ye shall stay no longer. And Moses said unto him,
as soon as I am gone out of the city,
I will spread abroad my hands. Unto Jehovah, the thunder
shall cease neither shall there be any more hail, that
thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's. But as
for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will

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not yet fear Jehovah God. And the flax and the
barley were smitten, for the barley was in the ear,
and the flax was in bloom. But the wheat and
the spelt were not smitten, for they were not grown up.
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and
spread abroad his hands unto Jehovah. And the thunders and

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hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail
and the thunder were ceased, he sinned yet more and
hardened his heart, he and his servants. And the heart
of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the
children of his reel go, as Jehovah had spoken by
Moses and of chapter nine chapter ten. And Jehovah said,

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unto Moses, go in unto Pharaoh, for I have hardened
his heart and the heart of his servants, that I
may show these my signs in the midst of them,
and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy
son and of thy son's son, what things I have
wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done
among them, that ye may know that I am Jehovah.

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And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh and said
unto him, thus, saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews,
How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me
let my people go, that they may serve me. Else,
if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow,
will I bring locusts into thy border. And they shall

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cover the face of the earth, so that one shall
not be able to see the earth. And they 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. And thy
houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants,
and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither thy

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fathers nor thy father's fathers have seen since the day
that they were upon the earth unto this day. And
he turned and went out from Pharaoh, and Pharaoh's servants
said unto him, how long shall this man be a
snare unto us. Let the men go, that they may
serve Jehovah their God. Knowest thou not yet that Egypt
is destroyed. And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh,

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and he said, unto them, go serve Jehovah your God.
But who are they that shall go? And 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. We will go, for we must
hold a feast unto Jehovah. And he said unto them,

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so be Jehovah with you, as I will. Let you go,
and your little ones look to it, for evil is
before you not. So go now, ye that are men,
and serve Jehovah, for that is what ye desire. And
they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. And Jehovah said,
unto Moses, stretch out thy hand over the land of

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Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon
the land of Egypt and eat every herb of the land,
even all that the hail hath left. And Moses stretched
forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah
brought an east wind upon the land all that day
and all the night, and when it was morning, the
east wind brought the locusts. And the locusts went up

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over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all
the borders of Egypt. Very grievous were they Before them,
there were no such locusts as they, Neither after them
shall be such. For they covered the of the whole earth,
so that the land was darkened. And they did eat
every herb of the land, and all the fruit of
the trees which the hail had left. And they remained

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not any green thing, either tree or herb of the
field through all the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called
for Moses and Aaron in haste, and he said, I
have sinned against Jehovah, your God, and against you. Now.
Therefore forgive I pray thee my sin only this once,
and entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away
from me this death only. And he went out from

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Pharaoh then entreated Jehovah. And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong
west wind, which took up the locusts and drove them
into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in
all the border of Egypt. But Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's heart,
and he did not let the children of Israel go.
And Jehovah said, unto Moses, stretch out thy hand toward Heaven,

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that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt,
even darkness which may be felt. And Moses stretched forth
his hand toward Heaven. And there was a thick darkness
in all the land of Egypt. Three days, they saw
not one another, neither rose any one from his place
for three days, but all the children of Israel had
light in their dwellings. And Pharaoh called uto Moses and said,

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go ye, serve Jehovah. Only let your flocks and your
herds be stayed. Let your little ones also go with you.
And Moses said, thou must also give into our hand
sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may sacrifice unto Jehovah,
our God. Our cattle also shall go with us. There
shall not a hoof be left behind. For therefore must

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we take to serve Jehovah, our God. And we know
not with what we must serve Jehovah until we come
thither but Jehovah hardened Pharaoh's art, and he would not
let them go. And Pharaoh said, unto him, get THEE
from me, Take heed to thyself, see my face no more,
For in the day thou seest my face, thou shalt die.

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And Moses said, thou hast spoken, well, I will see
thy face again no more. End of Chapter ten.