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Malcom: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.

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Day 100 and 5

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so the Lord said to Moses, tell Aaron,
raise your staff and strike the ground.

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The dust will turn into swarms of
gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

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So Moses and Aaron did just as
the Lord had commanded them.

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When Aaron raised his hand and struck
the ground with his staff, gnats

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infested the entire land covering
the Egyptians and their animals.

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All the dust in the land
of Egypt turned into gnats.

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Pharaoh's magicians tried to do the same
thing with their secret arts, but this

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time they failed, and the gnats covered
everyone, people, and animals alike.

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This is the finger of God.

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The magicians exclaimed to Pharaoh,
but Pharaoh's heart remained hard.

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He wouldn't listen to them
just as the Lord had predicted.

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Then the Lord told Moses, get up early in
the morning and stand in Pharaoh's way.

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As he goes down to the river, say
to him, this is what the Lord says.

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Let my people go so they can worship me.

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If you refuse, then I will send swarms
of flies on you, your officials,

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your people, and all the houses.

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The Egyptian homes will be filled with
flies and the ground will be covered

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with them, but this time I will spare the
region of Goshen where my people live.

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No flies will be found there.

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Then you will know that I am
the Lord and that I am present

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even in the heart of your land.

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I will make a clear distinction
between my people and your people.

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This miraculous sign will happen tomorrow,
and the Lord did just as he had said,

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a thick swarm of flies filled Pharaoh's
palace and the houses of his officials.

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The whole land of Egypt
was thrown into chaos.

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By the flies.

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Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron.

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All right.

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Go ahead and offer sacrifices to your God.

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He said, but do it here in this land.

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But Moses replied, that wouldn't be right.

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The Egyptians detest the sacrifices
that we offer to the Lord our God.

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Look, if we offer our sacrifices
here with the Egyptians can

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see us, they will stone us.

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We must take a three day trip into the
wilderness to offer sacrifices to the

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Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.

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All right, go ahead.

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Pharaoh replied, I will let you
go into the wilderness to offer

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sacrifices to the Lord your God.

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But don't go too far away now.

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Hurry and pray for me.

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Moses answered.

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As soon as I leave you, I will pray
to the Lord and tomorrow the swarms

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of flies will disappear from you and
your officials and all your people.

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But I am warning you, Pharaoh, don't
lie to us again and refuse to let the

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people go to sacrifice to the Lord.

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So Moses left Pharaoh's palace and
pleaded with the Lord to remove

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all the flies, and the Lord did.

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As Moses asked and caused the
swarms of flies to disappear from

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Vero, his officials and his people.

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Not a single fly remained.

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But Pharaoh, again, became stubborn
and refused to let the people go.

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Go back to Pharaoh.

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The Lord commanded Moses tell him, this is
what the Lord the God of the Hebrews says,

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let my people go so they can worship me.

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If you continue to hold them and
refuse to let them go, the hand of the

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Lord will strike all your livestock,
your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle,

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sheep, and goats with a deadly plague.

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But the Lord will again make a
distinction between the livestock of the

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Israelites and that of the Egyptians.

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Not a single one of
Israel's animals will die.

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The Lord has already set the
time for the plague to begin.

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He has declared that he will strike the
land tomorrow, and the Lord did just as

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he had said the next morning, all the
livestock of the Egyptians died, but the

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Israelites didn't lose a single animal.

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Pharaoh sent his officials to
investigate and they discovered that the

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Israelites had not lost a single animal.

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But even so, Pharaoh's heart
remained stubborn and he still

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refused to let the people go.

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Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln

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and have Moses toss it into the air while
Pharaoh watches the ashes will spread like

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fine dust over the whole land of Egypt,
causing festering boils to break out on

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people and animals throughout the land.

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So they took soot from a brick kiln
and went and stood before Pharaoh.

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As Pharaoh watched Moses threw the
soot into the air, and Boyles broke

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out on people and animals alike.

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Even the magicians were unable to stand
before Moses because the boyles had

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broken out on them and all the Egyptians,
but the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,

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and just as the Lord had predicted
to Moses, Pharaoh refused to listen.

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Then the Lord said to Moses, get up early
in the morning and stand before Pharaoh.

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Tell him this is what the Lord the
God of the Hebrews says, let my

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people go so they can worship me.

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If you don't, I will send more plagues on
you and your officials and your people.

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Then you will know that there is
no one like me in all the Earth.

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By now, I could have lifted my hand and
struck you and your people with a plague

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to wipe you off the face of the earth.

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But I have spared you for a purpose to
show you my power and to spread my fame

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throughout the earth, but you still lorded
over my people and refused to let them go.

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So tomorrow at this time, I will send
a hail storm more devastating than

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any and all the history of Egypt.

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Quick order your livestock and servants to
come in from the fields to find shelter.

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Any person or animal left out
outside will die when the hell falls.

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Some of Pharaoh's officials were afraid
because of what the Lord had said.

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They quickly brought their servants
in livestock in from the fields.

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But those who paid no attention
to the word of the Lord

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left theirs out in the open.

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Then the Lord said to Moses,
lift your hand toward the sky.

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So hail may fall on the people,
the livestock, and all the plants

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throughout the land of Egypt.

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So Moses lifted his staff toward the
sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail

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and lightning flesh toward the earth.

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The Lord since a tremendous hail
storm against all the land of Egypt,

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never in all the history of Egypt had
there been a storm like that with such

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devastating hell and continuous lightning.

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It left all of Egypt in ruins.

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The hail struck down everything
in the open field, people,

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animals, and plants alike.

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Even the trees were destroyed.

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The only place without hail
was the region of Goshen where

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the people of Israel lived.

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Then Pharaoh quickly
summoned Moses and Aaron.

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This time I have sinned.

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He confessed The Lord is the righteous
one, and my people and I are wrong.

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Please beg the Lord to end this
terrifying thunder and hail.

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We've had enough.

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I will let you go.

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You don't need to stay any longer.

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All right, Moses replied, as soon
as I leave the city, I will lift

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my hands and pray to the Lord.

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Then the thunder and hail will
stop, and you will know that

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the earth belongs to the Lord.

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But I know that you and your officials
still do not fear the Lord God.

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All the flax and barley were ruined
by the hail because the barley had

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formed heads and the flax was budding.

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But the wheat and the emer wheat
were spared because they had not

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yet sprouted from the ground.

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So Moses left Pharaoh's court
and went out of the city.

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When he lifted his hands to
the Lord, the thunder and hail

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stopped and the downpour ceased.

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But when Pharaoh saw that the rain,
hail, and thunder had stopped, he

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and his officials sinned again,
and Pharaoh again became stubborn.

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Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh
refused to let the people leave just as

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the Lord had predicted through Moses.

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Then the Lord said to Moses, return to
Pharaoh and make your demands again.

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I have made him and his official
stubborn so I can display my

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miraculous signs among them.

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I've also done it so you can tell your
children and grandchildren about how

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I made a mockery of the Egyptians and
about the signs I displayed among them.

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And so you will know that I am the Lord.

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So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh
and said, this is what the Lord the

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God of the Hebrews says, how long
will you refuse to submit to me?

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Let my people go so they can worship me.

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If you refuse, watch out for
tomorrow, I will bring a swarm

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of locusts on your country.

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They will cover the land so that
you won't be able to see the ground.

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They will devour what little is left of
your crops after the hailstorm, including

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all the trees growing in the fields.

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They will overrun your palaces
and the homes of your officials

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and all the houses in Egypt.

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Never in the history of Egypt have your
ancestors seen a plague like this one.

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And with that, Moses turned and left.

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Pharaoh, Pharaoh's officials now
came to Pharaoh and appeal to him.

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How long will you let
this man hold us hostage?

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Let the men go to worship
the Lord their God.

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Don't you realize that
Egypt lies and ruins?

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So Moses and Aaron were
brought back to Pharaoh.

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All right.

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He told them, go and
worship the Lord your God.

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But who exactly will be going with you?

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Moses replied, we will all go
young and old, our sons and

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daughters, and our flocks and herds.

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We must all join together in celebrating
a festival to the Lord Pharaoh Retorted.

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The Lord will certainly
need to be with you.

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If I let you take your little ones,
I can see through your evil plan.

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Never only the men may go and worship the
Lord since that is what you requested and

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Pharaoh through them out of the palace.

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Then the Lord said to Moses,
raise your hand over the land

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of Egypt to bring on the locus.

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Let them cover the land and devour every
plant that survived the hell storm.

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So Moses raised his staff over Egypt
and the Lord caused an east wind to blow

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over the land all that day and through
the night when morning arrived, the

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east wind had brought the locust and
the locusts swarmed over the whole land

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of Egypt, settling in dense swarms from
one end of the country to the other.

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It was the worst Locust plague in
Egyptian history, and there has

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never been another one like it.

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For the locust covered the whole
country and darkened the land.

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They devoured every plant in the
fields and all the fruit on the trees

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that had survived the hailstorm.

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Not a single leaf was left on the trees
and plants throughout the land of Egypt.

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Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron.

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I have sinned against the Lord
your God, and against you.

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He confessed, forgive my sin just this
once, and plead with the Lord your

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God, to take away this death from me.

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So Moses left Pharaoh's court
and pleaded with the Lord.

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The Lord responded by shifting
the wind and the strong West wind

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blew the locust into the Red Sea.

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Not a single locust remained in
all the land of Egypt, but the Lord

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hardened Pharaoh's heart again, so
he refused to let the people go.

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Then the Lord said to Moses, lift your
hand toward heaven, and the land of Egypt

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will be covered with a darkness so thick.

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You can feel it.

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So Moses lifted his hand to the
sky, and a deep darkness covered the

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entire land of Egypt for three days.

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During all that time, the people
could not see each other and no one

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moved, but there was light as usual
where the people of Israel lived.

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Finally, Pharaoh called for
Moses, go and worship the Lord.

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He said, but leave your
flocks and herds here.

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You may even take your
little ones with you.

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No, Moses said You must provide
us with animals for sacrifices and

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burnt offerings to the Lord our God.

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All our livestock must go with us too.

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Not a hoof can be left behind.

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We must choose our sacrifices for
the Lord our God, from among these

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animals, and we won't know how we are
to worship the Lord until we get there.

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But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart
once more and he would not let them go.

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Get out of here.

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Pharaoh shouted at Moses.

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I'm warning you never
come back to see me again.

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The day you see my face,
you will die very well.

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Moses replied, I will
never see your face again.

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This concludes today's
Immer Reading experience.

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Thank you for joining us.