Exodus 10:13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD 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.

Exodus 10:13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

13-19. the Lord brought an east wind--The rod of Moses was again raised, and the locusts came. They are natives of the desert and are only brought by an east wind into Egypt, where they sometimes come in sun-obscuring clouds, destroying in a few days every green blade in the track they traverse. Man, with all his contrivances, can do nothing to protect himself from the overwhelming invasion. Egypt has often suffered from locusts. But the plague that followed the wave of the miraculous rod was altogether unexampled. Pharaoh, fearing irretrievable ruin to his country, sent in haste for Moses, and confessing his sin, implored the intercession of Moses, who entreated the Lord, and a "mighty strong west wind took away the locusts."

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Exodus 10 Images and Notes

Brief Summary: The LORD send plagues of locusts, then the thick darkness in the whole land of Egypt for three days, Moses is cast out from the face of Pharaoh.

Outline
1 God threatens to send locusts
7 Pharaoh, moved by his servants, inclines to let the Israelites go
12 The plague of the locusts
16 Pharaoh asks Moses to entreat the Lord in his behalf
21 The plague of darkness
24 Pharaoh petitions again unto Moses
27 but yet Pharaoh's heart is hardened.

Ancient Customs
locusts
thy coast
feast
west wind
darkness
THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND

Painting of Ancient Egyptian Landmarks by Roberts