1 Then the Loʀᴅ said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says the Loʀᴅ, the God of the Hebrews, “AEx 4:23; 8:1Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 2  “For AEx 8:2if you refuse to let them go and 1Lit still holdcontinue to hold them, 3 behold, AEx 7:4; 1 Sam 5:6; Ps 39:10; Acts 13:11the hand of the Loʀᴅ 1Lit will bewill 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. 4  “AEx 8:22But the Loʀᴅ will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that BEx 9:6nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.” ’ ” 5 The Loʀᴅ set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow the Loʀᴅ will do this thing in the land.” 6 So the Loʀᴅ did this thing on the next day, and AEx 9:19, 20, 25; Ps 78:48all the livestock of Egypt died; BEx 9:4but of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died. 7 Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But AEx 7:14; 8:32the heart of Pharaoh was 1Lit heavyhardened, and he did not let the people go.

8 Then the Loʀᴅ 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. 9  “It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become ADeut 28:27; Rev 16:2boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.” 10 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. 11 AEx 8:18The 1Or soothsayer priestsmagicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians 2Lit and on allas well as on all the Egyptians. 12 And AEx 4:21; 10:1, 20; 14:8; Josh 11:20; John 12:40the Loʀᴅ 1Lit made stronghardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Loʀᴅ had spoken to Moses.

13 Then the Loʀᴅ said to Moses, “AEx 8:20Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Loʀᴅ, the God of the Hebrews, “BEx 4:23Let My people go, that they may serve Me. 14  “For this time I will send all My plagues 1Lit to your hearton you and your servants and your people, so that AEx 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, 7you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 15  “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. 16  “But, indeed, AProv 16:4; Rom 9:17for this reason I have allowed you to 1Lit standremain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth. 17  “Still you exalt yourself against My people 1Lit so as not to letby not letting them go.

18  “Behold, about this time tomorrow, AEx 9:23, 24I will 1Lit cause to rainsend a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded 2Lit and until nowuntil now. 19  “Now therefore send, bring AEx 9:6your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. BEx 9:25Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.” ’ ” 20 AProv 13:13The one among the servants of Pharaoh who 1Or reveredfeared the word of the Loʀᴅ made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses; 21 but he who 1Lit did not set his heart topaid no regard to the word of the Loʀᴅ 2Lit then leftleft his servants and his livestock in the field.

22 Now the Loʀᴅ said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that 1Lit there may be hailARev 16:21hail 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.” 23 Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Loʀᴅ 1Lit gavesent 2Lit soundsthunder and AGen 19:24; Josh 10:11; Ps 18:13; 78:47; 105:32; Is 30:30; Ezek 38:22; Rev 8:7hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Loʀᴅ rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire 1Lit taking hold of itselfflashing 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. 25 AEx 9:19; Ps 78:47, 48; 105:32, 33The 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. 26 AEx 8:22; 9:4, 6; 11:7Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.

27 Then Pharaoh 1Lit sent and calledAEx 8:8sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “BEx 10:16, 17; 2 Chr 12:6; Ps 129:4; 145:17; Lam 1:18I have sinned this time; the Loʀᴅ is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. 28  “AEx 8:8, 28; 10:17Make supplication to the Loʀᴅ, for there has been enough of God’s 1Lit soundsthunder and hail; and BEx 8:25; 10:8, 24I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” 29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will A1 Kin 8:22, 38; Ps 143:6; Is 1:15spread out my 1Lit palmshands to the Loʀᴅ; the 2Lit soundsthunder will cease and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that BEx 8:22; 19:5; 20:11; Ps 24:1; 1 Cor 10:26the earth is the Loʀᴅ’s. 30  “AEx 8:29But as for you and your servants, I know that BIs 26:10you do not yet 1Or reverencefear 2Lit before the Loʀᴅthe Loʀᴅ God.” 31 (Now the flax and the ARuth 1:22; 2:23barley were 1Lit smittenruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not 1Lit smittenruined, for they ripen late.) 33 AEx 8:12; 9:29So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his 1Lit palmshands to the Loʀᴅ; and the 2Lit soundsthunder and the hail ceased, and rain 3Lit was not pouredno longer poured on the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the 1Lit soundsthunder had ceased, he sinned again and 2Lit made heavyhardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 Pharaoh’s heart was 1Lit stronghardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the AEx 4:21Loʀᴅ had spoken through Moses.