Exodus 10:20

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.

In Context

19And the LORD turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.

21And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.'

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Cross References

Exodus 3:19And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, except by a mighty hand.

Exodus 7:13And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

Exodus 10:1And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Go in unto Pharaoh; for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these My signs in the midst of them;

Exodus 11:10And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Isaiah 6:9And He said: 'Go, and tell this people: hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 10:13-21

12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 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. 14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous… Read the whole commentary →

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