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1 Then
the LORD said
to Moses, “Go
in to Pharaoh,
and tell him, ‘This
is what the
LORD, the God
of the Hebrews,
says: “Let my
people go, that
they may serve
me.
2 For
if you refuse
to let them
go, and hold
them still,
3 behold,
the LORD’s hand
is on your
livestock which
are in the
field, on the
horses, on the
donkeys, on the
camels, on the
herds, and on
the flocks with
a very grievous
pestilence.
4 The
LORD will make
a distinction between
the livestock of
Israel and the
livestock of Egypt;
and nothing shall
die of all
that belongs to
the children of
Israel.” ’ ”
5 The
LORD appointed a
set time, saying,
“Tomorrow the LORD
shall do this
thing in the land.”
6 The
LORD did that
thing on the
next day; and
all the livestock
of Egypt died,
but of the
livestock of the
children of Israel,
not one died.
7 Pharaoh
sent, and, behold,
there was not
so much as one
of the livestock
of the Israelites
dead. But the
heart of Pharaoh
was stubborn, and
he didn’t let the
people go.
8 The
LORD said to Moses
and to Aaron, “Take
handfuls of ashes
of the furnace,
and let Moses
sprinkle it toward
the sky in
the sight of
Pharaoh.
9 It
shall become small dust
over all the land
of Egypt, and
shall be boils
and blisters breaking
out on man
and on animal,
throughout all
the land of Egypt.”
10 They
took ashes of
the furnace, and
stood before
Pharaoh; and Moses
sprinkled it up
toward the sky;
and it became
boils and blisters
breaking out on
man and on
animal.
11 The
magicians couldn’t stand
before Moses
because of the
boils; for the
boils were on
the magicians and
on all the
Egyptians.
12 The
LORD hardened the
heart of Pharaoh,
and he didn’t
listen to them,
as the LORD
had spoken to
Moses.
13 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Rise up early
in the morning,
and stand before
Pharaoh, and tell
him, ‘This is
what the LORD,
the God of
the Hebrews, says:
“Let my people
go, that they
may serve me.
14 For
this time I
will send all
my plagues against
your heart,
against your
officials, and
against your
people; that you
may know that
there is no
one like me
in all the earth.
15 For
now I would
have stretched out
my hand, and
struck you and
your people with
pestilence, and
you would have
been cut off
from the earth;
16 but
indeed for
this cause I have
made you stand:
to show you
my power, and
that my name
may be declared
throughout all
the earth,
17 because
you still
exalt yourself against
my people, that
you won’t let them
go.
18 Behold,
tomorrow about
this time I
will cause it
to rain a
very grievous hail,
such as has
not been in
Egypt since the
day it was
founded even until
now.
19 Now
therefore command
that all of
your livestock and
all that you
have in the
field be brought
into shelter. The
hail will come
down on every
man and animal
that is found
in the field,
and isn’t brought
home, and they
will die.” ’ ”
20 Those
who feared the
LORD’s word among
the servants of
Pharaoh made their
servants and their
livestock flee
into the houses.
21 Whoever didn’t
respect the LORD’s
word left his
servants and his
livestock in the
field.
22 The
LORD said to Moses,
“Stretch out your
hand toward the
sky, that there
may be hail
in all the
land of Egypt,
on man, and
on animal, and
on every herb
of the field,
throughout the
land of Egypt.”
23 Moses
stretched out his
rod toward the
heavens, and the
LORD sent thunder
and hail;
and lightning flashed
down to the
earth. The LORD
rained hail on
the land of
Egypt.
24 So
there was very
severe hail,
and lightning mixed with
the hail, such
as had not
been in all
the land of
Egypt since it
became a nation.
25 The
hail struck
throughout all the
land of Egypt
all that was
in the field,
both man
and animal; and
the hail struck
every herb of
the field, and
broke every tree
of the field.
26 Only
in the land of
Goshen, where the
children of Israel
were, there was
no hail.
27 Pharaoh
sent and called
for Moses
and Aaron, and
said to them, “I
have sinned this
time. The LORD
is righteous, and
I and my
people are wicked.
28 Pray
to the LORD;
for there has
been enough of
mighty thunderings
and hail. I
will let you
go, and you
shall stay no
longer.”
29 Moses
said to him, “As
soon as I
have gone out
of the city,
I will spread
out my hands
to the LORD.
The thunders shall
cease, and there
will not be
any more hail;
that you may
know that the earth
is the LORD’s.
30 But
as for you
and your servants,
I know that
you don’t yet fear
the LORD God.”
31 The
flax and the
barley were struck,
for the barley
had ripened and
the flax
was blooming.
32 But
the wheat and
the spelt were
not struck, for
they had not grown
up.
33 Moses
went out of
the city from
Pharaoh, and
spread out his
hands to the
LORD; and the
thunders and hail
ceased, and the
rain was not
poured on
the earth.
34 When
Pharaoh saw that
the rain and
the hail and
the thunders had
ceased, he sinned
yet more, and
hardened his heart,
he and his
servants.
35 The
heart of Pharaoh
was hardened, and
he didn’t let the
children of Israel
go, just as
the LORD had
spoken through
Moses.