9. Moses said, “We’re taking young and old, sons and daughters, flocks and herds—this is our worship-celebration of God.”
12. God said to Moses: “Stretch your hand over Egypt and signal the locusts to cover the land of Egypt, devouring every blade of grass in the country, everything that the hail didn’t get.”
13. Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt. God let loose an east wind. It blew that day and night. By morning the east wind had brought in the locusts.
20. But God made Pharaoh stubborn as ever. He still didn’t release the Israelites.
21. God said to Moses: “Stretch your hand to the skies. Let darkness descend on the land of Egypt—a darkness so dark you can touch it.”
24. Pharaoh called in Moses: “Go and worship God. Leave your flocks and herds behind. But go ahead and take your children.”
27. But God kept Pharaoh stubborn as ever. He wouldn’t agree to release them.
28. Pharaoh said to Moses: “Get out of my sight! And watch your step. I don’t want to ever see you again. If I lay eyes on you again, you’re dead.”