¹¹ No! Only the men may go and ·worship [serve] the Lord, which is what you have been asking for.” Then ·the king forced Moses and Aaron out of his palace [^Lhe drove them from the presence of Pharaoh].

¹² The Lord told Moses, “·Raise [Extend; Stretch] your hand over the land of Egypt, and the locusts will come. They will ·spread all [^Lgo up] over the land of Egypt and will eat all the ·plants [vegetation] the hail ·did not destroy [^Lleft behind].”

¹³ So Moses ·raised [extended; stretched] his ·walking stick [staff] over the land of Egypt, and the Lord caused a strong east wind to blow across the land all that day and night, and when morning came, the east wind had brought the locusts.