Then the LORD said
to Moses
, "Go
to Pharaoh
and speak
to him, `Thus
says
the LORD
, the God
of the Hebrews
, " aLet
My people
go
, that they may serve
Me.
"For aif you refuse
to let
them go
and 1continue
to hold
them,
behold, athe hand
of the LORD
1will come
with a very
severe
pestilence
on your livestock
which
are in the field
, on the horses
, on the donkeys
, on the camels
, on the herds
, and on the flocks
.
" aBut the LORD will make
a distinction
between
the livestock
of Israel
and the livestock
of Egypt
, so that bnothing
will die
of all
that belongs to the sons
of Israel
.""'
The LORD set
a definite
time
, saying
, "Tomorrow
the LORD
will do
this
thing
in the land
."
So the LORD did
this
thing
on the next
day
, and aall
the livestock
of Egypt
died
; bbut of the livestock
of the sons
of Israel
, not one
died
.
Pharaoh sent
, and behold
, there was not even
one
of the livestock
of Israel
dead
. But athe heart
of Pharaoh
was 1hardened
, and he did not let
the people
go
.
Then the LORD said
to Moses
and Aaron
, "Take
for yourselves handfuls
of soot
from a kiln
, and let Moses
throw
it toward the sky
in the sight
of Pharaoh
.
"It will become fine dust
over
all
the land
of Egypt
, and will become
aboils
breaking
out with sores
on man
and beast
through all
the land
of Egypt
."
So they took soot
from a kiln
, and stood
before
Pharaoh
; and Moses
threw
it toward the sky
, and it became
boils
breaking
out with sores
on man
and beast
.
aThe 1magicians could
not stand
before
Moses
because
of the boils
, for the boils
were on the magicians
2as well as on all
the Egyptians
.
And athe LORD 1hardened
Pharaoh's
heart
, and he did not listen
to them, just
as the LORD
had spoken
to Moses
.
Then the LORD said
to Moses
, " aRise
up early
in the morning
and stand
before
Pharaoh
and say
to him, `Thus
says
the LORD
, the God
of the Hebrews
, " bLet
My people
go
, that they may serve
Me.
"For this time
I will send
all
My plagues
1on you and your servants
and your people
, so
that ayou may know
that there
is no
one
like
Me in all
the earth
.
"For if by now I had put
forth
My hand
and struck
you and your people
with pestilence
, you would then have been cut
off
from the earth
.
"But, indeed, afor this
reason
I have allowed you to 1remain
, in order
to show
you My power
and in order
to proclaim
My name
through all
the earth
.
"Still you exalt
yourself against My people
1by not letting
them go
.
"Behold, about this time
tomorrow
, aI will 1send
a very
heavy
hail
, such
as has not been
seen in Egypt
from the day
it was founded
2until
now
.
"Now therefore send
, bring
ayour livestock
and whatever
you have in the field
to safety
. bEvery
man
and beast
that is found
in the field
and is not brought
home
, when the hail
comes
down
on them, will die
.""'
aThe one among the servants
of Pharaoh
who 1feared
the word
of the LORD
made his servants
and his livestock
flee
into the houses
;
but he who 1paid
no
regard
to the word
of the LORD
2left
his servants
and his livestock
in the field
.
Now the LORD said
to Moses
, "Stretch
out your hand
toward
the sky
, that 1 ahail
may fall
on all
the land
of Egypt
, on man
and on beast
and on every
plant
of the field
, throughout the land
of Egypt
."
Moses stretched
out his staff
toward
the sky
, and the LORD
1sent
2thunder
and ahail
, and fire
ran
down to the earth
. And the LORD
rained
hail
on the land
of Egypt
.
So there was hail, and fire
1flashing
continually in the midst
of the hail
, very
severe
, such
as had not been
in all
the land
of Egypt
since
it became
a nation
.
aThe hail struck
all
that was in the field
through all
the land
of Egypt
, both
man
and beast
; the hail
also struck
every
plant
of the field
and shattered
every
tree
of the field
.
aOnly in the land
of Goshen
, where
the sons
of Israel
were, there was no
hail
.
Then Pharaoh 1 asent
for Moses
and Aaron
, and said
to them, " bI have sinned
this
time
; the LORD
is the righteous
one
, and I and my people
are the wicked
ones
.
" aMake supplication
to the LORD
, for there has been enough
of God's
1thunder
and hail
; and bI will let
you go
, and you shall stay
no
longer
."
Moses said
to him, "As soon as I go
out of the city
, I will aspread
out my 1hands
to the LORD
; the 2thunder
will cease
and there will be hail
no
longer
, that you may know
that bthe earth
is the LORD'S
.
" aBut as for you and your servants, I know
that byou do not yet
1fear
2the LORD
God
."
(Now the flax and the abarley
were 1ruined
, for the barley
was in the ear
and the flax
was in bud
.
But the wheat and the spelt
were not 1ruined
, for they ripen late
.)
aSo Moses went
out of the city
from Pharaoh
, and spread
out his 1hands
to the LORD
; and the 2thunder
and the hail
ceased
, and rain
3no
longer poured
on the earth
.
But when Pharaoh saw
that the rain
and the hail
and the 1thunder
had ceased
, he sinned
again
and 2hardened
his heart
, he and his servants
.
Pharaoh's heart
was 1hardened
, and he did not let
the sons
of Israel
go
, just
as the aLORD
had spoken
through
Moses
.