Chapter 9
1 Then Yahweh said to Moses , " Go in to Pharaoh , and tell him , ‘ This is what Yahweh , 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 , Yahweh ’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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh appointed a set time , saying , " Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land."
6 Yahweh 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh , and he didn’t listen to them , as Yahweh had spoken to Moses .
13 Yahweh said to Moses , " Rise up early in the morning , and stand before Pharaoh , and tell him , ‘ This is what Yahweh , 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 Yahweh ’s word among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses .
21 Whoever didn’t respect Yahweh ’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field .
22 Yahweh 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 Yahweh sent thunder and hail ; and lightning flashed down to the earth . Yahweh 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 . Yahweh is righteous , and I and my people are wicked .
28 Pray to Yahweh ; 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 Yahweh . The thunders shall cease , and there will not be any more hail ; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh ’s.
30 But as for you and your servants , I know that you don’t yet fear Yahweh 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 Yahweh ; 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 Yahweh had spoken through Moses .