13. And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
14. And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and landed in all the borders of Egypt. Very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall there be such.
15. For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate all the grass of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; and there did not remain any green thing in the trees or in the grass of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
16. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you.
17. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
18. And he went out from Pharaoh and intreated the Lord.
19. And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.
20. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the sons of Israel go.
21. And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
22. And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.
23. They did not see one another, neither did any rise from his place for three days; but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24. Then Pharaoh called unto Moses and said, Go, serve the Lord; only let your sheep and your cows remain; let your little ones also go with you.
25. And Moses replied, Thou also must give us sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
26. Our cattle shall also go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind; for we must take thereof to serve the Lord our God; and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.