the thunder, and the hail ceased, he sinned further, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, because he would not let the children of Israel go, as the
LORD had spoken by Moses.
(Exodus)
Chapter 10
Locusts and darkness.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, to do these signs of mine among them,

And that thou mayest declare in the ears of thy children, and of thy children’s children, what I have wrought in Egypt, and how I have shewed my signs among them; that ye may know that I am the LORD.

So Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD GOD the Eberian; How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me, that thou wilt suffer my people to serve me?

If thou refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will send locusts in every place, 5. And they shall cover the land, that the land may not be seen: and they shall devour that is left you, and deliver you from the hail; and they shall devour all your green trees of the field; 6. And they shall fill thy house, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians, such as thy fathers and thy fathers’ fathers have not seen since they were upon the earth until this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall we be afflicted with this? Let the people go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Wilt thou know first that Egypt is fallen?

And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh, and he said unto them: Go and serve the LORD your God. But which are they that should go?

And Moses said, We will go with young and old, with sons and daughters, with flocks and herds: for we have a feast of the LORD.

And he said unto them: Awe yes, the LORD be with you! Shall I let you and your children go with them? Behold, if ye intend no evil.

Not so; but go ye men, and serve the LORD: for this also have ye sought. And they were thrust out of Pharaoh.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat up all the herbs of the land, and all that remaineth unto the hail.

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt. And the LORD drove an east wind into the land all that day and all that night: and in the morning the east wind brought the locusts.

And they came over all the land of Egypt, and settled in all the places of Egypt, so much so, that there never was any like it before, neither shall be any like it henceforth.

For they covered the land, and darkened it. And they devoured all the herbage of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that remained after the hail; and there was no green thing left in the trees, nor in the herbage of the field, in all the land of Egypt.

And Pharaoh hasted, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said: I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you.

Forgive me my sin this time also, and pray the LORD your God, that he would take away this death only from me.

And he went out from Pharaoh, and besought the LORD.

And the LORD turned a very strong west wind, and took up the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea, that there remained not one in all the coasts of Egypt.

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, that he would not let the children of Israel go.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that it may be dark in the land of Egypt, that it may be taken.

And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven: and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days,

So that no man saw another, nor arose from the place where he was three days. And all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go, serve the LORD: leave your flocks and your herds, and let your little children go with you.

And Moses said, Thou must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, which we may do unto our God the LORD.

Our cattle shall go with us, and not a hoof shall remain behind: for of ours shall we take to the service of our God the LORD. For we know not wherewith we shall serve the LORD, until we come thither.

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, because he would not let them go.

And Pharaoh said unto him, Depart from me, and take heed that thou come no more before mine eyes: for in the day that thou comest before mine eyes thou shalt surely die.

And Moses answered, As thou hast said, I will not come again before thine eyes.
(Exodus)
Chapter 11
Exodus from Egypt commanded.

And the LORD said unto Moses, I will bring one more plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt, and after that he will send you away; and he will not only send all things away, but he will also send you away.

Say therefore before the people, Let every man require of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, vessels of silver and of gold.

For the LORD will give the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. And Moses was a very great man in the land of Egypt before the servants of Pharaoh, and before the people.

And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, I will go out into the land of Egypt at midnight; 5. And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne unto the firstborn of the maid that is behind the mill, and all the firstborn among the cattle.

And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as never was, nor ever shall be; 7. And there shall not be a sound among all the children of Israel, both of man and beast; that ye may know how the LORD divideth Egypt from Israel.

Then shall all these thy servants come down unto me, and fall at my feet, saying, Get thee out, thou, and all the people that are under thee. After that I will go forth, And he departed from Pharaoh with fierce anger.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh hearken not unto you, that many wonders may be done in the land of Egypt.

And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: but the LORD hardened his heart, because he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
(Exodus)
Chapter 12
(Epistle on Maundy Thursday.)
Foundation of the Easter Lamb. Strangulation of the firstborn. The beginning of the Exodus.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2. This moon shall be with you the first moon: and from it ye shall lift up the moons of the year.

Speak unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth day of this month take ye every man a lamb, where there is a father of the house, one lamb for each house.

And if there be not enough of them in one house for a lamb, let him take it, and his neighbour that is next unto his house, until they be so many that they may eat the lamb.

And ye shall take one lamb without blemish, a male, and of the first year old: of the lambs and of the kids ye shall take it.

And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the month. And every company of all Israel shall slay it between the evenings.

And thou shalt take the blood thereof, and put it upon the two posts of the door, and upon the topmost threshold of the houses, where they eat it within.

And ye shall eat flesh that night roasted with fire, and unleavened bread; and ye shall eat it with bitter salts.

Ye shall not eat it raw, neither shall ye boil it with water; but ye shall roast it with fire, the
head thereof, with the thighs thereof, and the inwards thereof.

And ye shall leave none of it until the morning: but if any remain until the morning, ye shall burn it with fire.

And thus shall ye eat it: Ye shall be girded about your loins, and your shoes shall be upon your feet, and your staffs in your hands: and ye shall eat it as they that pass over: for it is the LORD’S passover.

For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And I will execute my punishment upon all the gods of Egypt, I the LORD.

And the blood shall be your sign in the houses wherein ye are, that, when I see the blood, I may pass over before you, and the plague shall not befall you, which shall destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

And ye shall have this day in remembrance, and ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD, ye, and all your generations, for an everlasting manner.

Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread: ye shall cease from leavened bread in your houses the first day. He that eateth