Exodus 9

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

2 But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

3 then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

4 But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

5 The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

6 And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

7 Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.

8 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

9 It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

10 So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.

11 The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

13 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

14 Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

15 For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

16 But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

17 Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

18 Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

19 So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

20 Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

21 but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

23 So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

24 The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

25 Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.

26 The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

27 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

28 Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

29 Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

30 But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

31 (Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

32 but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

33 Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

35 So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

1 ¶ Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 For if thou refuse to let [them] go, and wilt hold them still,

3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which [is] in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: [there shall be] a very grievous murrain.

4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children's of Israel.

5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

8 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth [with] blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth [with] blains upon man, and upon beast.

11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.

12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.

13 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like me in all the earth.

15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.

16 And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.

17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?

18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

19 Send therefore now, [and] gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; [for upon] every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

22 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that [was] in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel [were], was there no hail.

27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD [is] righteous, and I and my people [are] wicked.

28 Intreat the LORD (for [it is] enough) that there be no [more] mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; [and] the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth [is] the LORD'S.

30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.

31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flax [was] bolled.

32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they [were] not grown up.

33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Ebramites, Let my people serve me.

2 where you refuse to do so and continue to hold them back,

3 Behold, the hand of the LORD shall be upon thy cattle of the field, upon horses, upon asses, upon camels, upon oxen, upon sheep, with an almost grievous pestilence.

4 And the LORD shall make a difference between the cattle of the children of Israel and the cattle of the Egyptians, that none of them which the children of Israel have shall die.

5 And the LORD appointed a time, saying, To morrow the LORD will do these things in the earth.

6 And the LORD did so in the morning; and all the cattle of the Egyptians died, but not one of the cattle of the children of Israel died.

7 And Pharaoh sent after, and, behold, there died not one of the cattle of Israel. But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.

8 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, Take your fists full of soot out of the furnace, and let Moses cast it up to heaven before Pharaoh,

9 And there shall be dusts in all the land of Egypt, and evil sores shall come up in all the land of Egypt, both on men and beasts.

10 And they took soot out of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward heaven. And there came up evil black poxes, both on men and beasts,

11 So that the magicians could not stand before Moses for the evil palsies: for there were evil palsies in the magicians as well as in all the Egyptians.

12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he would not hear them: as the LORD said unto Moses.

13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Arise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD GOD the Eberian, Let my people serve me.

14 And this time will I send all my plagues upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; and thou shalt know that there is none like me in all the earth.

15 For now will I stretch out mine hand, and smite thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou shalt be destroyed from off the face of the earth.

16 For this cause have I raised thee up, that my power might appear in thee, and that my name might be declared in all the earth.

17 Thou hast yet trampled my people under thee, and wilt not leave them.

18 Behold, to morrow about this time I will rain a very great hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the time it was founded, until now.

19 And now send, and keep thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field. For every man and beast that is found in the field, and is not gathered into the houses, when the hail cometh upon them, shall die.

20 And he that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh sent away his servants and his cattle into the houses.

21 But whose hearts turned not to the word of the LORD, they left their servants and their cattle in the field.

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that it may rain upon all the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.

23 So Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and the LORD thundered and hanged with fire upon the earth. So the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt,

24 That hail and fire lead among themselves, so cruel, that the like thereof had never been in all the land of Egypt, since time men were therein. 25; And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast, and smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.

27 And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said unto them: I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, but I and my people are wicked.

28 But pray ye the LORD, and let the thunders and hailings of God cease; and I will send you away, and ye shall dwell here no longer.

29 And Moses said unto him, When I come out of the city, I will stretch forth my hands unto the LORD, and the thunder shall cease, and there shall be no more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is the LORD's.

30 But I know that thou and thy servants fear not yet God the LORD.

31 So the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley had shot, and the flax had gathered knots.

32 But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, because the corn was late.

33 And Moses went out from Pharaoh unto the city, and spread abroad his hands against the LORD: and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain fell no more upon the earth.

34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, and the thunder, and the hail ceased, he sinned further, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 So Pharaoh's heart was hardened, because he would not let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had spoken by Moses.