1 T hen the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says this: “Let My people go, so they may worship Me.

Then the Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh and tell him, Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

2 F or if you will not let them go, and still hold them,

If you refuse to let them go and still hold them,

3 t he hand of the Lord will come with a very bad disease on your animals in the field: on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the cattle and the flocks.

Behold, the hand of the Lord upon your livestock which are out in the field, upon the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds and the flocks; there shall be a very severe plague.

4 B ut the Lord will divide the animals of Israel from the animals of Egypt. So nothing will die of all that belongs to the people of Israel.”’”

But the Lord shall make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the Israelites.

5 T he Lord made a time for this, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.”

And the Lord set a time, saying, Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.

6 S o the Lord did this on the next day. All the animals of Egypt died. But not one of the animals died that belonged to the people of Israel.

And the Lord did that the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the Israelites not one died.

7 P haraoh learned that not one of the animals of Israel was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard. He did not let the people go. Bad Sores Come on Egyptians and Their Animals

Pharaoh sent to find out, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened and he did not let the people go.

8 T hen the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Fill your hands with ashes from a stove. Let Moses throw them toward the sky in front of Pharaoh.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes or soot from the brickkiln and let Moses sprinkle them toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh.

9 A nd it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt and will become bad sores on man and animal through all the land of Egypt.”

And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast in all the land.

10 S o they took ashes from a stove. Moses stood in front of Pharaoh and threw the ashes toward the sky. And it became sores on man and animal.

So they took ashes or soot of the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw them toward the sky, and it became boils erupting in sores on man and beast.

11 T he wonder-workers could not stand in front of Moses because of the sores. For the sores were on the wonder-workers and on all the Egyptians.

And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of their boils; for the boils were on the magicians and all the Egyptians.

12 B ut the Lord made the heart of Pharaoh hard. He did not listen to them, just as the Lord had said to Moses. Large Hail and Fire

But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, making it strong and obstinate, and he did not listen to them or heed them, just as the Lord had told Moses.

13 T hen the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand in front of Pharaoh and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says this: “Let My people go, so they may worship Me.

Then the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

14 F or this time I will send all My troubles on you and your servants and your people. So you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

For this time I will send all My plagues upon your heart and upon your servants and your people, that you may recognize and know that there is none like Me in all the earth.

15 F or by now I could have put out My hand and hit you and your people with much trouble and great suffering. You would then have been destroyed from the earth.

For by now I could have put forth My hand and have struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.

16 B ut I have let you live so you could see My power and so My name may be honored through all the earth.

But for this very purpose have I let you live, that I might show you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.

17 B ut you still use your power against My people by not letting them go.

Since you are still exalting yourself against My people by not letting them go,

18 A bout this time tomorrow I will send a very heavy hail such as has never been seen in Egypt from the day it began until now.

Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very heavy and dreadful fall of hail, such as has not been in Egypt from its founding until now.

19 H ave your cattle and whatever you have in the field brought to a safe place. For the hail will come down upon every man and animal that is in the field and is not brought home. And they will die.”’”

Send therefore now and gather your cattle in hastily, and all that you have in the field; for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home shall be struck by the hail and shall die.

20 A ny of the people of Egypt who feared the word of the Lord made his servants and animals run to the houses.

Then he who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses and shelters.

21 B ut he who did not listen to the word of the Lord left his servants and animals in the field.

And he who ignored the word of the Lord left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22 T he Lord said to Moses, “Put out your hand toward the sky and hail will fall on all the land of Egypt. Hail will fall on man and animal and every plant of the field through all the land of Egypt.”

The Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and beast, and upon all the vegetation of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

23 M oses put out his special stick toward the sky. Then the Lord sent thunder and hail. And lightning struck the ground. The Lord poured hail on the land of Egypt.

Then Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire (lightning) ran down to and along the ground, and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24 S o there was hail and lightning striking through the hail without stopping. It was very bad, worse than had ever been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

So there was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the weighty hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25 T he hail hit all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, both man and animal. The hail hit every plant of the field and broke down every tree of the field.

The hail struck down throughout all the land of Egypt everything that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail beat down all the vegetation of the field and shattered every tree of the field.

26 O nly in the land of Goshen where the people of Israel were, there was no hail.

Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, was there no hail.

27 T hen Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. He said to them, “I have sinned this time. The Lord is right. I and my people are guilty.

And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time; the Lord is in the right and I and my people are in the wrong.

28 P ray to the Lord. For there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. And I will let you go. You will stay here no longer.”

Entreat the Lord, for there has been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; I will let you go; you shall stay here no longer.

29 M oses said to him, “When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will stop. There will be no more hail. Then you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.

Moses said to him, As soon as I leave the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord; the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail, that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.

30 B ut I know that you and your servants do not yet fear the Lord God.”

But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God.

31 T he flax and the barley were destroyed. For these plants had just begun to grow.

The flax and the barley were smitten and ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax in bloom.

32 B ut the other grains were not destroyed, because they grow later.

But the wheat and spelt were not smitten, for they ripen late and were not grown up yet.

33 S o Moses left the city and Pharaoh. He spread out his hands to the Lord. And the thunder and the hail stopped. The rain no longer poured on the earth.

So Moses left the city and Pharaoh, and stretched forth his hands to the Lord; and the thunder and hail ceased, and rain was no longer poured upon the earth.

34 B ut when Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again. He and his servants made their hearts hard.

But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more, and toughened and stiffened his hard heart, he and his servants.

35 P haraoh’s heart was not changed. He did not let the people of Israel go, just as the Lord had said by Moses.

So Pharaoh’s heart was strong and obstinate; he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said by Moses.