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The Hail

13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and ·go to the king of Egypt [stand before Pharaoh]. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go to ·worship [serve] me. 14 If you don’t, this time I will ·punish you, your officers, and your people, with all my power [L send all my plagues against you, your officers, and your people]. Then you will know there is no one in the whole land like me. 15 By now I could have ·used my power [L stretched out my hand] and caused a terrible disease that would have destroyed you and your people from the earth. 16 But I have let you live for this reason: to show you my power so that my ·name [fame; reputation] will be ·talked about [recounted] in all the earth. 17 You are still [L exalting yourself] against my people and do not want to let them go. 18 So at this time tomorrow, I will send a ·terrible [very heavy] hailstorm, the worst in Egypt ·since it became a nation [L from the day it was founded until now]. 19 Now send for your animals and whatever you have in the fields, and bring them into a safe place. The hail will fall on every person or animal that is still in the fields. If they have not been brought in, they will die.’” 20 Some of ·the king’s [L Pharaoh’s] officers ·respected [L feared] the word of the Lord and hurried to bring their slaves and animals inside. 21 But others ·ignored [L did not set their heart on] the Lord’s ·message [word] and left their slaves and animals in the fields.

22 The Lord told Moses, “·Raise [Stretch out] your hand toward the ·sky [heavens]. Then the hail will start falling in all the land of Egypt. It will fall on people, animals, and on ·everything that grows [all the plants] in the fields of Egypt.” 23 When Moses ·raised his walking stick [stretched out his staff] toward the ·sky [heavens], the Lord sent thunder and hail, and ·lightning [L fire] ·flashed [L came] down to the earth. So he caused hail to fall upon the land of Egypt. 24 There was hail, and lightning flashed as it hailed—the ·worst [most severe] hailstorm in Egypt since it had become a nation. 25 The hail ·destroyed [L struck] all the people and animals that were in the fields in all the land of Egypt. It also ·destroyed [L struck] ·everything that grew [the plants] in the fields and broke all the trees in the fields. 26 The only place it did not hail was in the land of Goshen [8:22], where the Israelites lived.

27 ·The king [L Pharaoh] sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “This time I have sinned. The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are ·in the wrong [guilty]. 28 ·Pray to [Entreat; Intercede with] the Lord. We have had enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not have to stay here any longer.”

29 Moses told ·the king [L him], “When I ·leave [L go out from] the city, I will ·raise [L spread] my hands to the Lord in prayer, and the thunder [L will cease] and hail will ·stop [L be no more]. Then you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord. 30 But I know that you and your officers do not yet fear the Lord God.”

31 The flax was in ·bloom [bud], and the barley ·had ripened [was in the ear], so these crops were ·destroyed [ruined]. 32 But ·both wheat crops [L the wheat and the spelt] ripen later, so they were not ·destroyed [ruined].

33 Moses left ·the king [L Pharaoh] and went outside the city. He ·raised [L spread] his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and hail ·stopped [L ceased]. The rain ·also stopped falling to [L no longer poured on] the ground. 34 When ·the king [L Pharaoh] saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ·stopped [L ceased], he sinned again, and he and his officers ·became stubborn [L hardened their hearts]. 35 So ·the king [L Pharaoh] ·became stubborn [L hardened his heart] and refused to let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through [L the hand of] Moses.

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13 Then the Lord said to Moses, “(A)Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says: “(B)Let My people go, so that they may serve Me. 14 For this time I am going to send all My plagues [a]on you and your servants and your people, so that (C)you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 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, (D)for this reason I have allowed you to [b]remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name throughout the earth. 17 Still you exalt yourself against My people [c]by not letting them go.

The Plague of Hail

18 Behold, about this time tomorrow, (E)I will [d]send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded [e]until now. 19 So now, send word, bring (F)your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. (G)Every person and animal that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’” 20 (H)Everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who [f]feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring his servants and his livestock into the houses; 21 but everyone who [g]did not pay regard to the word of the Lord [h]left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand toward the sky, so that [i](I)hail 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.” 23 So Moses reached out with his staff toward the sky, and the Lord [j]sent [k]thunder and (J)hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. 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 (K)The 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. 26 (L)Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, was there no hail.

27 Then Pharaoh [l](M)sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “(N)I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. 28 (O)Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God’s [m]thunder and hail; and (P)I 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 (Q)spread out my [n]hands to the Lord; the [o]thunder will cease and there will no longer be hail, so that you may know that (R)the earth is the Lords. 30 (S)But as for you and your servants, I know that (T)you do not yet [p]fear [q]the Lord God.” 31 (Now the flax and the (U)barley were [r]ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not [s]ruined, for they ripen late.) 33 (V)So Moses left the city from his meeting with Pharaoh, and spread out his [t]hands to the Lord; and the [u]thunder and the hail stopped, and rain [v]no longer poured on the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the [w]thunder had stopped, he sinned again and [x]hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 So Pharaoh’s heart was [y]hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the (W)Lord had spoken through Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 9:14 Lit to your heart
  2. Exodus 9:16 Lit stand
  3. Exodus 9:17 Lit so as not to let
  4. Exodus 9:18 Lit cause to rain
  5. Exodus 9:18 Lit and until now
  6. Exodus 9:20 Or revered
  7. Exodus 9:21 Lit did not set his heart to
  8. Exodus 9:21 Lit then left
  9. Exodus 9:22 Lit there may be hail
  10. Exodus 9:23 Lit gave
  11. Exodus 9:23 Lit sounds
  12. Exodus 9:27 Lit sent and called
  13. Exodus 9:28 Lit sounds
  14. Exodus 9:29 Lit palms
  15. Exodus 9:29 Lit sounds
  16. Exodus 9:30 Or revere
  17. Exodus 9:30 Lit before the Lord
  18. Exodus 9:31 Lit struck
  19. Exodus 9:32 Lit struck
  20. Exodus 9:33 Lit palms
  21. Exodus 9:33 Lit sounds
  22. Exodus 9:33 Lit was not poured
  23. Exodus 9:34 Lit sounds
  24. Exodus 9:34 Lit made heavy
  25. Exodus 9:35 Lit strong