^{17 Ref} Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.

^{18 Ref} And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD.

^{19 Ref} And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.

^{20 Ref} But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.