Exodus 10:20

But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go.

World English Bible

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

19The LORD sent an exceedingly strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the borders of Egypt.

21The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.”

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Cross References

Exodus 3:19I know that the king of Egypt won’t give you permission to go, no, not by a mighty hand.

Exodus 7:13Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken.

Exodus 10:1The LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs among them;

Exodus 11:10Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go out of his land.

Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go, and tell this people, ‘You hear indeed, but don’t understand. You see indeed, but don’t perceive.’

Romans 9:18So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires.

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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