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.

And so that you may relate in the ears of [before] your son and grandson how I made a mockery of the Egyptians [the miracles that I performed in Egypt], and the miraculous signs I performed among them. You will then know that I am Adonoy.”

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 [before] Me.

For if you refuse to send My people out, I will bring locusts within your borders tomorrow.

They will cover the visible surface [eye of the sun] 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.

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.

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?”

Moshe and Aharon were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go worship [before] Adonoy, your God. Exactly who will be going?”

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 [before] Adonoy for all of us.”

He [Pharaoh] said to them, “So be it. May [the Word of] Adonoy be with you [your support] just as I will send you and your little ones. Beware for evil confronts you [the evil which you intend to commit will be turned against your faces].

This is not right. [Only] the [adult] men should go and worship [before] Adonoy for this is what you desire.” He had them expelled from Pharaoh’s presence.

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.”

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 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.

They covered the visible surface [eye of the sun] 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.

Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moshe and Aharon, and he said, “I have sinned to [before] Adonoy, your God, and to you.

Now forgive my sin just this one time and plead with [before] Adonoy, your God, just to remove this death from me.”

He [Moshe] left Pharaoh’s presence and prayed to [before] Adonoy.

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.

Adonoy hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not send out the B’nei Yisrael.

Adonoy said to Moshe, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt [after the darkness of the night will be removed]. The darkness will be tangible.”

Moshe stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was total darkness in the entire land of Egypt for three days.

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.

Pharaoh called to Moshe, and he said, “Go! Worship [before] Adonoy. Just let your sheep and cattle stay behind. Even your little ones can go with you.”

Moshe said, “You too will give us sacrifices and burnt-offerings that we will make [offer] to [before] our God.

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

Adonoy hardened Pharaoh’s heart and he was [no longer] willing to send them away.

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.”

Moshe said, “As you say. [You have spoken well.] I will not see your face again.”