16. For this reason, Pharaoh hurriedly called Moses and Aaron, and he said to them: "I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
17. But now, release me from my sin even this time, and petition the Lord your God, so that he may take this death away from me."
18. And Moses, departing from the sight of Pharaoh, prayed to the Lord.
19. And he caused a very strong wind to blow from the west, and, seizing the locusts, it cast them into the Red Sea. There remained not so much as one in all the parts of Egypt.
20. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh; neither did he release the sons of Israel.
21. Then the Lord said to Moses: "Extend your hand into the sky. And let there be a darkness over the land of Egypt, so dense that they may be able to feel it."
22. And Moses extended his hand into the sky. And there came a horrible darkness in the entire land of Egypt for three days.