Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews says: “aLet My people go, so that they may serve Me.Ex 4:23; 8:1 2 For aif you refuse to let them go and 1continue to hold them,Lit still holdEx 8:2 3 behold, athe hand of the LORD 1will come with a very severe plague on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks.Lit will beEx 7:4; 1 Sam 5:6; Ps 39:10; Acts 13:11 4 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.”’”Ex 8:22Ex 9:6 5 And the LORD set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land.” 6 So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and aall the livestock of Egypt died; bbut not one of the livestock of the sons of Israel died.Ex 9:19, 20, 25; Ps 78:48Ex 9:4 7 And Pharaoh sent men, and they learned that, behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel was dead. But athe heart of Pharaoh was 1hardened, and he did not let the people go.Lit heavyEx 7:14; 8:32
8 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and Moses shall toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 Then it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will turn into aboils breaking out with sores on every person and animal through all the land of Egypt.”Deut 28:27; Rev 16:2 10 So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on every person and animal. 11 aThe soothsayer priests could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the soothsayer priests as well as on all the Egyptians.Ex 8:18 12 But athe LORD 1hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.Lit made strongEx 4:21; 10:1, 20; 14:8; Josh 11:20; John 12:40
13 Then the LORD said to Moses, “aRise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews says: “bLet My people go, so that they may serve Me.Ex 8:20Ex 4:23 14 For this time I am going to 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.Lit to your heartEx 8:10; Deut 3:24; 2 Sam 7:22; 1 Chr 17:20; Ps 86:8; Is 45:5-8; 46:9; Jer 10:6, 7 15 For had I now put out My hand and struck you and your people with plague, you would then have been eliminated from the earth. 16 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 throughout the earth.Lit standProv 16:4; Rom 9:17 17 Still you exalt yourself against My people 1by not letting them go.Lit so as not to let
18 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.Lit cause to rainLit and until nowEx 9:23, 24 19 So now, send word, bring ayour livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. bEvery person and animal that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’”Ex 9:6Ex 9:25 20 aEveryone among the servants of Pharaoh who 1feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring his servants and his livestock into the houses;Or reveredProv 13:13 21 but everyone who 1did not pay regard to the word of the LORD 2left his servants and his livestock in the field.Lit did not set his heart toLit then left
22 Now the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that 1ahail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on every person and animal, and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”Lit there may be hailRev 16:21 23 So Moses reached out with 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.Lit gaveLit soundsGen 19:24; Josh 10:11; Ps 18:13; 78:47; 105:32; Is 30:30; Ezek 38:22; Rev 8:7 24 So there was hail, and fire flashing intermittently in the midst of the hail, which was very heavy, such as had not occurred in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 aThe hail struck everything that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from people to animals; the hail also struck every plant of the field, and shattered every tree of the field.Ex 9:19; Ps 78:47, 48; 105:32, 33 26 aOnly in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.Ex 8:22; 9:4, 6; 11:7
27 Then Pharaoh 1asent 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.Lit sent and calledEx 8:8Ex 10:16, 17; 2 Chr 12:6; Ps 129:4; 145:17; Lam 1:18 28 aPlead with 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.”Lit soundsEx 8:8, 28; 10:17Ex 8:25; 10:8, 24 29 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 no longer be hail, so that you may know that bthe earth is the LORD’S.Lit palmsLit sounds1 Kin 8:22, 38; Ps 143:6; Is 1:15Ex 8:22; 19:5; 20:11; Ps 24:1; 1 Cor 10:26 30 aBut as for you and your servants, I know that byou do not yet 1fear 2the LORD God.”Or revereLit before the LORDEx 8:29Is 26:10 31 (Now the flax and the abarley were 1ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.Lit struckRuth 1:22; 2:23 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not 1ruined, for they ripen late.)Lit struck 33 aSo Moses left the city from his meeting with Pharaoh, and spread out his 1hands to the LORD; and the 2thunder and the hail stopped, and rain 3no longer poured on the earth.Lit palmsLit soundsLit was not pouredEx 8:12; 9:29 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the 1thunder had stopped, he sinned again and 2hardened his heart, he and his servants.Lit soundsLit made heavy 35 So Pharaoh’s heart was 1hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the aLORD had spoken through Moses.Lit strongEx 4:21