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1Then the LORD said to Moses: Go to Pharaoh, for I have made him
and his servants obstinate in order that I may perform these
signs of mine among them 2and that you may recount to your son
and grandson how I made a fool of the Egyptians and what signs I
did among them, so that you may know that I am the LORD.a 3So
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “Thus says the
LORD, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to submit
to me? Let my people go to serve me. 4For if you refuse to let
my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory.
5They will cover the surface of the earth, so that the earth
itself will not be visible. They will eat up the remnant you
saved undamaged from the hail, as well as all the trees that are
growing in your fields. 6They will fill your houses and the
houses of your servants and of all the Egyptians—something your
parents and your g