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Do this by tomorrow, or I will cover your country with so many locusts[a] that you won't be able to see the ground. Most of your crops were ruined by the hailstones, but these locusts will destroy what little is left, including the trees. Your palace, the homes of your officials, and all the other houses in Egypt will overflow with more locusts than have ever been seen in this country.

After Moses left the palace,

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  1. 10.4 locusts: A type of grasshopper that comes in swarms and causes great damage to crops.

If you refuse(A) to let them go, I will bring locusts(B) into your country tomorrow. They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left(C) after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.(D) They will fill your houses(E) and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’”(F) Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

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