## Exodus Chapter 10

###### Exodus 10:1
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה בֹּ֖א אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֑ה כִּֽי־אֲנִ֞י הִכְבַּ֤דְתִּי אֶת־לִבּוֹ֙ וְאֶת־לֵ֣ב עֲבָדָ֔יו לְמַ֗עַן שִׁתִ֛י אֹתֹתַ֥י אֵ֖לֶּה בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Go in to Pharaoh for I have hardened his heart and [also] the hearts of his servants, so that I will be able to set [perform] these [miraculous] signs in their midst.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Go in to Par῾o: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Come to Pharaoh [and warn him], for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants in order to set these signs in his midst.


###### Exodus 10:2
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וּלְמַ֡עַן תְּסַפֵּר֩ בְּאׇזְנֵ֨י בִנְךָ֜ וּבֶן־בִּנְךָ֗ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר הִתְעַלַּ֙לְתִּי֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְאֶת־אֹתֹתַ֖י אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי בָ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֖ם כִּי־אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
And so that you may relate in the ears of your son and grandson how I made a mockery of the Egyptians, and the miraculous signs I performed among them. You will then know that I am Adonoy.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and that thou mayst tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have done in Miżrayim, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And so that you tell in the ears of your son and the son of your son, of My setting Egypt to scorn and of My signs that I placed in them, and you will know that I am the L-rd.


###### Exodus 10:3
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וַיָּבֹ֨א מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹן֮ אֶל־פַּרְעֹה֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֗יו כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָֽעִבְרִ֔ים עַד־מָתַ֣י מֵאַ֔נְתָּ לֵעָנֹ֖ת מִפָּנָ֑י שַׁלַּ֥ח עַמִּ֖י וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe and Aharon went in to Pharaoh and they said to him, “This is what Adonoy, God of the Hebrews, has said, ‘How long will you refuse to be humbled before Me? Send My people out that they may worship Me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe and Aharon came to Par῾o and said to him, Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and they said to him: Thus said the L-rd, the G-d of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to be humbled before Me? Send out My people and let them serve Me.


###### Exodus 10:4
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כִּ֛י אִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ אֶת־עַמִּ֑י הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֥יא מָחָ֛ר אַרְבֶּ֖ה בִּגְבֻלֶֽךָ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
For if you refuse to send My people out, I will bring locusts within your borders tomorrow.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring the locusts into thy border:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For if you refuse to send out My people, tomorrow I shall bring a locust swarm in your boundaries.


###### Exodus 10:5
[Exodus 10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:5)

וְכִסָּה֙ אֶת־עֵ֣ין הָאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹ֥א יוּכַ֖ל לִרְאֹ֣ת אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְאָכַ֣ל**׀** אֶת־יֶ֣תֶר הַפְּלֵטָ֗ה הַנִּשְׁאֶ֤רֶת לָכֶם֙ מִן־הַבָּרָ֔ד וְאָכַל֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הָעֵ֔ץ הַצֹּמֵ֥חַ לָכֶ֖ם מִן־הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They will cover the visible surface of the land so that one will be unable to see the land. They will eat all that was spared, that remained for you from the hail, and they will eat every tree that grows for you in the field.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that it will not be possible to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it will cover the face of the land so that the land cannot be seen, and it will devour the remainder of the remnant left to you from the hail. And it will devour every tree that sprouts for you from the ground.


###### Exodus 10:6
[Exodus 10:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:6)

וּמָלְא֨וּ בָתֶּ֜יךָ וּבָתֵּ֣י כׇל־עֲבָדֶ֘יךָ֮ וּבָתֵּ֣י כׇל־מִצְרַ֒יִם֒ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־רָא֤וּ אֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ וַאֲב֣וֹת אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ מִיּ֗וֹם הֱיוֹתָם֙ עַל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּ֥פֶן וַיֵּצֵ֖א מֵעִ֥ם פַּרְעֹֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They will fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians. [It will be something] that was never seen by your fathers or your fathers’ fathers since the day they were on the earth until this day.’” He [Moshe] then turned and went out from Pharaoh.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all Miżrayim; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth to this day. And he turned, and went out from Par῾o.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And they will fill your houses, and the houses of all of your servants, and the houses of all of Egypt, which your fathers have not seen, and the fathers of your fathers, from the day they were upon the ground until this day. And he turned and went out from before Pharaoh.


###### Exodus 10:7
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וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ עַבְדֵ֨י פַרְעֹ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו עַד־מָתַי֙ יִהְיֶ֨ה זֶ֥ה לָ֙נוּ֙ לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ שַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְיַֽעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם הֲטֶ֣רֶם תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֥י אָבְדָ֖ה מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this [man] be a menace to us? Send these men out and let them worship Adonoy, their God. Did you not yet realize that Egypt is [being] destroyed?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o’s servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowst thou not yet that Miżrayim is destroyed?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the servants of Pharaoh said to him: How long will this one be a stumbling block to us? Send out the people and let them serve the L-rd their G-d. Do you not yet know that Egypt is lost?


###### Exodus 10:8
[Exodus 10:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:8)

וַיּוּשַׁ֞ב אֶת־מֹשֶׁ֤ה וְאֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לְכ֥וּ עִבְד֖וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם מִ֥י וָמִ֖י הַהֹלְכִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe and Aharon were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go worship Adonoy, your God. Exactly who will be going?”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe and Aharon were brought back to Par῾o: and he said to them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses and Aaron were returned [by messenger] to Pharaoh. And he said to them: Go serve the L-rd your G-d. Who and who are the goers?


###### Exodus 10:9
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה בִּנְעָרֵ֥ינוּ וּבִזְקֵנֵ֖ינוּ נֵלֵ֑ךְ בְּבָנֵ֨ינוּ וּבִבְנוֹתֵ֜נוּ בְּצֹאנֵ֤נוּ וּבִבְקָרֵ֙נוּ֙ נֵלֵ֔ךְ כִּ֥י חַג־יְהֹוָ֖ה לָֽנוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said, “With our young and with our old we will go. With our sons, with our daughters, with our sheep and with our cattle we will go, for it is a festival to Adonoy for all of us.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe 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 will we go; for we must hold a feast to the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said: With our youth and with our elders will we go; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go. For it is a feast of the L-rd to us.


###### Exodus 10:10
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם יְהִ֨י כֵ֤ן יְהֹוָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח אֶתְכֶ֖ם וְאֶֽת־טַפְּכֶ֑ם רְא֕וּ כִּ֥י רָעָ֖ה נֶ֥גֶד פְּנֵיכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Pharaoh] said to them, “So be it. May Adonoy be with you just as I will send you and your little ones. Beware for evil confronts you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he said to them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said to them: May the L-rd thus be with you as I will send you and your children. [How much more so will I not send your flocks and herds!] See, that [your intended] evil will turn against you.


###### Exodus 10:11
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לֹ֣א כֵ֗ן לְכֽוּ־נָ֤א הַגְּבָרִים֙ וְעִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אֹתָ֖הּ אַתֶּ֣ם מְבַקְשִׁ֑ים וַיְגָ֣רֶשׁ אֹתָ֔ם מֵאֵ֖ת פְּנֵ֥י פַרְעֹֽה׃{ס}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
This is not right. [Only] the [adult] men should go and worship Adonoy for this is what you desire.” He had them expelled from Pharaoh’s presence.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Not so: go now you that are men, and serve the Lord; for that is what you desire. And they were driven out from Par῾o’s presence.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Not so, [as you say, to take the children with you, but], let the men now go and serve the L-rd, for that [to sacrifice to the L-rd (3:18, 5:3)] is what you ask. And he [(It is not indicated who)] drove them away from Pharaoh's presence.


###### Exodus 10:12
[Exodus 10:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:12)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה נְטֵ֨ה יָדְךָ֜ עַל־אֶ֤רֶץ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בָּֽאַרְבֶּ֔ה וְיַ֖עַל עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְיֹאכַל֙ אֶת־כׇּל־עֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָ֔רֶץ אֵ֛ת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִשְׁאִ֖יר הַבָּרָֽד׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts [to bring the locusts] and they will emerge upon the land of Egypt. They will eat all the vegetation in the land, that remained from [the destruction of] the hail.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Miżrayim for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Miżrayim, and eat every plant of the land, all that the hail has left.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locust swarm. And it shall come up upon the land of Egypt and it shall devour all the grass in the land, all that was left by the hail.


###### Exodus 10:13
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וַיֵּ֨ט מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶת־מַטֵּ֘הוּ֮ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֒יִם֒ וַֽיהֹוָ֗ה נִהַ֤ג רֽוּחַ־קָדִים֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ כׇּל־הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא וְכׇל־הַלָּ֑יְלָה הַבֹּ֣קֶר הָיָ֔ה וְר֙וּחַ֙ הַקָּדִ֔ים נָשָׂ֖א אֶת־הָאַרְבֶּֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt and Adonoy directed an east wind over the land all that day and all the night. When morning came the east wind had carried [brought] the locusts.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So Moshe stretched out his rod over the land of Miżrayim, 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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the L-rd swept an east wind over the land all that day and all that night. Morning came and the east wind bore the locust swarm, [Egypt being in the south-west of Eretz Yisrael].


###### Exodus 10:14
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וַיַּ֣עַל הָֽאַרְבֶּ֗ה עַ֚ל כׇּל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיָּ֕נַח בְּכֹ֖ל גְּב֣וּל מִצְרָ֑יִם כָּבֵ֣ד מְאֹ֔ד לְ֠פָנָ֠יו לֹא־הָ֨יָה כֵ֤ן אַרְבֶּה֙ כָּמֹ֔הוּ וְאַחֲרָ֖יו לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־כֵּֽן׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
The locusts came up over the whole land of Egypt, and rested [settled] within all the borders of Egypt. It was very severe. Never before had there been such locusts and never again after them.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the locusts went up over all the land of Miżrayim, and rested in all the borders of Miżrayim: very grievous they were; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall there be such.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the locust swarm came up on all the land of Egypt, and it rested in the entire boundary of Egypt — very sore. Before it there had never been a locust swarm of its like, and after it there will not be such.


###### Exodus 10:15
[Exodus 10:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:15)

וַיְכַ֞ס אֶת־עֵ֣ין כׇּל־הָאָ֘רֶץ֮ וַתֶּחְשַׁ֣ךְ הָאָ֒רֶץ֒ וַיֹּ֜אכַל אֶת־כׇּל־עֵ֣שֶׂב הָאָ֗רֶץ וְאֵת֙ כׇּל־פְּרִ֣י הָעֵ֔ץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הוֹתִ֖יר הַבָּרָ֑ד וְלֹא־נוֹתַ֨ר כׇּל־יֶ֧רֶק בָּעֵ֛ץ וּבְעֵ֥שֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה בְּכׇל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
They covered the visible surface of the entire land so that the land was darkened. They ate all the vegetation of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that was left [spared] by the hail. No greenery remained on the trees or on the vegetation of the field in the entire land of Egypt.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every plant of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained no green thing in the trees, or in the plants of the field, through all the land of Miżrayim.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it covered the face of the whole land and the land was darkened, and it devoured all the grass of the earth and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. And there remained no green on a tree or in the grass of the field in all the land of Egypt.


###### Exodus 10:16
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וַיְמַהֵ֣ר פַּרְעֹ֔ה לִקְרֹ֖א לְמֹשֶׁ֣ה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֑ן וַיֹּ֗אמֶר חָטָ֛אתִי לַיהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֖ם וְלָכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moshe and Aharon, and he said, “I have sinned to Adonoy, your God, and to you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Par῾o called for Moshe and Aharon in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh hastened to call Moses and Aaron, and he said: I have sinned to the L-rd your G-d and to you.


###### Exodus 10:17
[Exodus 10:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:17)

וְעַתָּ֗ה שָׂ֣א נָ֤א חַטָּאתִי֙ אַ֣ךְ הַפַּ֔עַם וְהַעְתִּ֖ירוּ לַיהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם וְיָסֵר֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י רַ֖ק אֶת־הַמָּ֥וֶת הַזֶּֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Now forgive my sin just this one time and plead with Adonoy, your God, just to remove this death from me.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, forgive my sin, I pray you, just this time, and entreat the L-rd your G-d that He remove from me just this death.


###### Exodus 10:18
[Exodus 10:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:18)

וַיֵּצֵ֖א מֵעִ֣ם פַּרְעֹ֑ה וַיֶּעְתַּ֖ר אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
He [Moshe] left Pharaoh’s presence and prayed to Adonoy.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he went out from Par῾o, and entreated the Lord.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses went out from before Pharaoh and he prayed to the L-rd.


###### Exodus 10:19
[Exodus 10:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:19)

וַיַּהֲפֹ֨ךְ יְהֹוָ֤ה רֽוּחַ־יָם֙ חָזָ֣ק מְאֹ֔ד וַיִּשָּׂא֙ אֶת־הָ֣אַרְבֶּ֔ה וַיִּתְקָעֵ֖הוּ יָ֣מָּה סּ֑וּף לֹ֤א נִשְׁאַר֙ אַרְבֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד בְּכֹ֖ל גְּב֥וּל מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy turned a very strong westerly wind, that carried away the locusts, and plunged them into the Reed Sea. Not a single locust remained in all of Egypt’s borders.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Sea of Suf; there remained not one locust in all the borders of Miżrayim.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd turned a very strong west wind, and it lifted the locust swarm and cast it into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust [(even of those they had salted)] in all the border of Egypt.


###### Exodus 10:20
[Exodus 10:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:20)

וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שִׁלַּ֖ח אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not send out the B’nei Yisrael.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Lord hardened Par῾o’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Yisra᾽el go.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd strengthened Pharaoh's heart and he did not send out the children of Israel.


###### Exodus 10:21
[Exodus 10:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:21)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה נְטֵ֤ה יָֽדְךָ֙ עַל־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וִ֥יהִי חֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְיָמֵ֖שׁ חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt. The darkness will be tangible.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said to Moshe, Stretch out thy hand towards heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Miżrayim, darkness which may be felt.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd said to Moses: Stretch forth your hand towards the heavens, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, which shall darken darkness.


###### Exodus 10:22
[Exodus 10:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:22)

וַיֵּ֥ט מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־יָד֖וֹ עַל־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיְהִ֧י חֹֽשֶׁךְ־אֲפֵלָ֛ה בְּכׇל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was total darkness in the entire land of Egypt for three days.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe stretched out his hand towards heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Miżrayim three days:

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses stretched forth his hand towards the heavens, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt a triad of days.


###### Exodus 10:23
[Exodus 10:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:23)

לֹֽא־רָא֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אָחִ֗יו וְלֹא־קָ֛מוּ אִ֥ישׁ מִתַּחְתָּ֖יו שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים וּֽלְכׇל־בְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָ֥יָה א֖וֹר בְּמוֹשְׁבֹתָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Man could not see his fellow man, nor could anyone rise from his place for three days. But all the B’nei Yisrael had light in their dwellings.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Yisra᾽el had light in their dwellings.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
One man did not see another [for one triad of days (when the wicked among the Jews who refused to leave Egypt were killed — in darkness, so the Egyptians could not say: "These are being smitten as we are")], and no man rose from his place [(One who was sitting could not stand, and one who was standing could not sit)] for [another] triad of days [(when the Jews could search their houses at will for vessels to take with them during the exodus)], and for all the children of Israel there was light in their habitations.


###### Exodus 10:24
[Exodus 10:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:24)

וַיִּקְרָ֨א פַרְעֹ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לְכוּ֙ עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֔ה רַ֛ק צֹאנְכֶ֥ם וּבְקַרְכֶ֖ם יֻצָּ֑ג גַּֽם־טַפְּכֶ֖ם יֵלֵ֥ךְ עִמָּכֶֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh called to Moshe, and he said, “Go! Worship Adonoy. Just let your sheep and cattle stay behind. Even your little ones can go with you.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o called to Moshe and said, Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds stay behind: let your little ones also go with you.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh called to Moses and he said: Go serve the L-rd; only your flocks and herds leave in place. Also your children shall go with you.


###### Exodus 10:25
[Exodus 10:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:25)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה גַּם־אַתָּ֛ה תִּתֵּ֥ן בְּיָדֵ֖נוּ זְבָחִ֣ים וְעֹלֹ֑ת וְעָשִׂ֖ינוּ לַיהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said, “You too will give us sacrifices and burnt-offerings that we will make [offer] to our God.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said: [Not only shall our cattle go with us, but] you, too, shall place in our hands sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and we shall offer them to the L-rd our G-d.


###### Exodus 10:26
[Exodus 10:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:26)

וְגַם־מִקְנֵ֜נוּ יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֗נוּ לֹ֤א תִשָּׁאֵר֙ פַּרְסָ֔ה כִּ֚י מִמֶּ֣נּוּ נִקַּ֔ח לַעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ לֹֽא־נֵדַ֗ע מַֽה־נַּעֲבֹד֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֔ה עַד־בֹּאֵ֖נוּ שָֽׁמָּה׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Our own flocks will also go with us. Not a single hoof will remain. We must take from them to worship Adonoy our God; since we do not know with what [animals] we will worship Adonoy until we get there.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for of them must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come there.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Our cattle, too, shall go with us; a hoof will not remain. For we will take thereof to serve the L-rd our G-d. For we do not know what [i.e., how much we will need] to serve the L-rd until we come there.


###### Exodus 10:27
[Exodus 10:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:27)

וַיְחַזֵּ֥ק יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Adonoy hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he was [no longer] willing to send them away.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Lord hardened Par῾o’s heart, and he would not let them go.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L-rd strengthened Pharaoh's heart and he did not want to send them.


###### Exodus 10:28
[Exodus 10:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:28)

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־ל֥וֹ פַרְעֹ֖ה לֵ֣ךְ מֵעָלָ֑י הִשָּׁ֣מֶר לְךָ֗ אַל־תֹּ֙סֶף֙ רְא֣וֹת פָּנַ֔י כִּ֗י בְּי֛וֹם רְאֹתְךָ֥ פָנַ֖י תָּמֽוּת׃

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Pharaoh said to him [Moshe] “Leave my presence. Beware! Do not see my face again; for on the day you see my face you will die.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Par῾o said to 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.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Pharaoh said to him: Go from me. Take heed to yourself. Do not see my face again. For on the day you see my face you will die.


###### Exodus 10:29
[Exodus 10:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Exodus/r/10:29)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה כֵּ֣ן דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ לֹא־אֹסִ֥ף ע֖וֹד רְא֥וֹת פָּנֶֽיךָ׃{פ}

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009:**
Moshe said, “As you say. I will not see your face again.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Moshe said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

**The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And Moses said: True have you spoken, [and in the proper time. Indeed,] I shall not see your face again!