Exodus 10

1 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Go in to the Great House (Pharaoh). His heart, and the heart of his servants have been hardened. I will show these signs before him.

2 Recount them in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, how severely Double Straights (Egypt) was dealt with, and the signs that were directed at them; that you may know how that I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).”

3 Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) came in to the Great House (Pharaoh), and said to him, “Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) God of the One From Beyonds (Hebrews), How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

4 Else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow, locusts will come into your territory.

5 They will cover the face of the earth, so that one will not be able to see the earth: and they will eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remains from the hail, and will eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.

6 They will fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Double Straighters (Egyptians); like neither your fathers, nor your fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth to this day.” Then he turned, and went out from the Great House (Pharaoh).

7 The Great House (Pharaoh)'s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) their God. Don't you realize that Double Straights (Egypt) is destroyed?”

8 Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) were brought again to the Great House (Pharaoh): and he said to them, “Go, serve I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) your God. Tell me who will be going?”

9 Drawn (Moses) said, “We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).”

10 He answered them, “I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had better be with you, if I let you and your little ones go! You have an evil plan.

11 It will not be so! Take your men, and serve I AM (the LORD, Yehovah); for that is what you asked.” And they were driven out from the Great House (Pharaoh)'s presence.

12 Then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Stretch out your hand over the land of Double Straights (Egypt) for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Double Straights (Egypt), and eat every herb of the land, everything that the hail has left”

13 So, Drawn (Moses) stretched forth his rod over the land of Double Straights (Egypt), and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14 The locusts went up over all the land of Double Straights (Egypt), and rested in all the territory of Double Straights (Egypt). Very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Double Straights (Egypt).

16 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) called for Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) in haste. He said, “I have sinned against I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) your God, and against you.

17 Now therefore forgive my sin this time, and intreat I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) your God, that He may take away from me this death.”

18 And he went out from the Great House (Pharaoh), and intreated I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

19 So, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Double Straights (Egypt).

20 But I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) hardened the Great House (Pharaoh)'s heart. He would not let the children of God Prevails (Israel) go.

21 Then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Double Straights (Egypt), even darkness which may be felt.”

22 And Drawn (Moses) stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Double Straights (Egypt) three days.

23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of God Prevails (Israel) had light in their dwellings.

24 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) called to Drawn (Moses), and said, “Go , serve I AM (the LORD, Yehovah); your flocks and your herds will stay, but your little ones also go with you.”

25 But Drawn (Moses) answered, “You must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) our God.

26 Our livestock also will go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for of them we must take to serve I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) our God; and we know not with what we must serve I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), until we get there.”

27 But I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) hardened the Great House (Pharaoh)'s heart, and he would not let them go.

28 The Great House (Pharaoh) said to him, “Get away from me! Don't come back. You will see my face no more; for in that day you see my face you will die!”

29 And Drawn (Moses) said, “You have spoken well, I will see your face again no more.”

* Note – How a substance reacts to the sun depends on it's character. The sun hardens brick, but melts wax. I AM's hardening of the Great House's heart reflects the Great House's character and his reaction to I AM.

Exodus 9

1 Then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Go in to the Great House (Pharaoh) and tell him, Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) God of the One From Beyonds (Hebrews), Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

3 The hand of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) will be upon your cattle in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep. There will be a devestating plague.

4 Yet, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) will distinguish between the cattle of God Prevails (Israel) and the cattle of Double Straights (Egypt): and nothing shall die of all that is the children's of God Prevails (Israel) .”

5 Then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) shall do this thing in the land.”

6 So I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) did that thing the next day, and all the cattle of Double Straights (Egypt) died: but of the cattle of the children of God Prevails (Israel), not one died.

7 And the Great House (Pharaoh) sent investigators, and there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of the Great House (Pharaoh) was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

8 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses) and to Light Bringer (Aaron), “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace with you, and let Drawn (Moses) sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of the Great House (Pharaoh).

9 It shall become small dust in all the land of Double Straights (Egypt) that will carry boils that spread with blisters upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Double Straights (Egypt).

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before the Great House (Pharaoh); and Drawn (Moses) sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blisters upon man, and upon beast.

11 The magicians could not stand before Drawn (Moses) because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Double Straighters (Egyptians).

12 Yet I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) irritated and hardened the heart of the Great House (Pharaoh), and he did not listen to them; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had spoken to Drawn (Moses).

13 Then, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before the Great House (Pharaoh), and say to him, Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) God of the One From Beyonds (Hebrews), Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

14 Now you will be tread upon by plagues on your heart, and on your servants, and on your people; that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.

15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that you and your people might be attacked with pestilence; and you will be cut off from the earth.

16 Indeed, for this cause have you were raised up, to show in you My power; and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.

17 Yet you exalt yourself against My people, that you will not let them go?

18 Tomorrow, about this time it will rain a very horrible hail, such as has not been in Double Straights (Egypt) since the foundation of it, even until now.

19 Send therefore now, and gather your cattle, and all that you have in the field; for upon every man and beast which is in the field, and has not been brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.”

20 He that feared the word of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) among the servants of the Great House (Pharaoh) made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

21 And he that regarded not the word of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) left his servants and his cattle in the field.

22 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Double Straights (Egypt), upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Double Straights (Egypt).”

23 So Drawn (Moses) stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) allowed thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) rained hail upon the land of Double Straights (Egypt).

24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Double Straights (Egypt) since it became a nation.

25 The hail killed throughout all the land of Double Straights (Egypt) all that were in the field, both man and beast; and the hail destroyed every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Drawing Near (Goshen), where the children of God Prevails (Israel) were, was there no hail.

27 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) sent, and called for Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron), and said to them, “I have sinned this time: I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

28 Intreat I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”

29 Drawn (Moses) said to him, “As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah); and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is I AM's (the LORD, Yehovah).

30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) God ('Elohiym).”

31 The flax and the barley were destroyed: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was budding.

32 But the wheat and the rye were not destroyed: for they were not grown up.

33 Drawn (Moses) went out of the city from the Great House (Pharaoh), and spread his hands out to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah): and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was quit pouring on the earth.

34 When the Great House (Pharaoh) saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 And the heart of the Great House (Pharaoh) was hardened, neither would he let the children of God Prevails (Israel) go; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had spoken by Drawn (Moses).

Exodus 8

1 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), “Go to the Great House (Pharaoh), and say to him, Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 And if you refuse to let them go, your territory will be stricken with frogs:

3 The river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which will go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and into your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs.

4 The frogs shall come up both on you, and upon your people, and upon all your servants.”

5 Then, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), “Say to Light Bringer (Aaron), Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and the frogs will come up upon the land of Double Straights (Egypt).”

6 So Light Bringer (Aaron) stretched out his hand over the waters of Double Straights (Egypt); and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Double Straights (Egypt).

7 And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Double Straights (Egypt).

8 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) called for Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron), and said, “Intreat I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), that He may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).”

9 Drawn (Moses) answered the Great House (Pharaoh), “Glory over me! When shall I intreat for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only?”

10 And he said, “Tomorrow.” And he said, “Be it according to your word: that you may know that there is none like to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) our God ('Elohiym).

11 The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people; they shall remain in the river only.”

12 Then Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) went out from the Great House (Pharaoh): and Drawn (Moses) cried to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) because of the frogs brought against the Great House (Pharaoh).

13 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) did according to the word of Drawn (Moses); and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

14 And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

15 But when the Great House (Pharaoh) saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and did not listen to them; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had said.

16 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Say to Light Bringer (Aaron), Stretch out your rod, and strike the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Double Straights (Egypt).”

17 And they did so; for Light Bringer (Aaron) stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the of Double Straights (Egypt).

18 The magicians tried with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

19 Then the magicians said to the Great House (Pharaoh), “This is the finger of God ('Elohiym).” But, the Great House (Pharaoh)'s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them; as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) had said.

20 Then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before the Great House (Pharaoh). When he comes out to the water say to him, Thus says I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), Let my people go, that they may serve me.

21 Else, if you wilt not let my people go, swarms of flies will be sent upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Double Straighters (Egyptians) shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

22 And I will sever in that day the land of Drawing Near (Goshen), in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) in the midst of the earth.

23 I will put a division between my people and your people. Tomorrow this sign shall be.”

24 And I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of the Great House (Pharaoh), and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Double Straights (Egypt): the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies.

25 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) called for Drawn (Moses) and for Light Bringer (Aaron), and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God ('Elohiym) in the land.”

26 But Drawn (Moses) answered, “It is not right so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Double Straighters (Egyptians) to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) our God ('Elohiym). If we we sacrifice the abomination of the Double Straighters (Egyptians) before their eyes, will they not stone us?

27 We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) our God, as he shall command us.”

28 The Great House (Pharaoh) said, “I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) your God ('Elohiym) in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: intreat for me.”

29 Drawn (Moses) said, “When I go out from you, I will intreat I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) that the swarms of flies may depart from the Great House (Pharaoh), from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not the Great House (Pharaoh) deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).”

30 And Drawn (Moses) went out from the Great House (Pharaoh), and intreated I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

31 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) did according to the word of Drawn (Moses). He removed the swarms of flies from the Great House (Pharaoh), from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

32 Then the Great House (Pharaoh) hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.