Bible Verses

Moses stretched out his hand towards heaven, and instantly, black darkness covered the land of Egypt for three days.

The Ninth Plague: Darkness The Lord said to Moses: “Stretch your hand towards heaven and let darkness descend on the land of Egypt, a darkness so dense that it can be felt.”

But the Lord let Pharaoh be stubborn, and he would not allow the Israelites to leave.

who brought a mighty wind from the west that carried off the locusts and swept them into the Red Sea. Not one locust was left within the boundaries of Egypt.

Moses left Pharaoh and interceded with the Lord,

Forgive my sin, I pray you, at least for once, and ask the Lord, your God, for a final favor: to rid me of this deadly plague.”

Because of all this, Pharaoh hastened to summon Moses and Aaron, saying: “I have sinned against the Lord, your God, and against you.

They covered the sky of Egypt, and the earth was in darkness. They devoured all the vegetation in the land and all the fruit of the trees left after the hail. Nothing green remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, in all the land of Egypt.

They came and settled on the land in such quantities as had never been seen before and will never be seen again.

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt. All that day and night, the Lord brought an east wind over the land, and in the morning, the east wind brought the locusts.