| Chapter 9 |
| 1 | Then the LORD said unto Moses,
Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let
my people go, that they may serve me. |
| 2 | For if thou refuse to let them
go, and wilt hold them still, |
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3 | Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon
thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the
camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous
murrain. |
| 4
| And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and
the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's
of Israel. |
| 5
| And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the
LORD shall do this thing in the land. |
| 6 | And the LORD did that thing on
the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children
of Israel died not one. |
| 7 | And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not
one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was
hardened, and he did not let the people go. |
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8 | And the LORD said unto
Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let
Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. |
| 9 | And it
shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking
forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of
Egypt. |
| 10
| And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before
Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking
forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. |
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11 | And the magicians could
not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the
magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. |
| 12 | And the LORD hardened the
heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto
Moses. |
| 13
| And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the
morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of
the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. |
| 14 | For I will
at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and
upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the
earth. |
| 15
| For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee
and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
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| 16 | And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in
thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
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| 17 | As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let
them go? |
| 18
| Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain
a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation
thereof even until now. |
| 19 | Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle,
and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall
be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down
upon them, and they shall die. |
| 20 | He that feared the word of
the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee
into the houses: |
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21 | And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left
his servants and his cattle in the field. |
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22 | And the LORD said unto
Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all
the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt. |
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23 | And Moses stretched forth his rod
toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon
the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. |
| 24 | So
there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there
was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. |
| 25 |
And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field,
both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every
tree of the field. |
| 26 | Only in the land of Goshen, where the
children of Israel were, was there no hail. |
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27 | And Pharaoh sent, and
called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the
LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. |
| 28 | Entreat the
LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and
I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. |
| 29 | And Moses
said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my
hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any
more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's. |
| 30 |
But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD
God. |
| 31 |
And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in
the ear, and the flax was bolled. |
| 32 | But the wheat and the rye
were not smitten: for they were not grown up. |
| 33 | And Moses
went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD:
and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the
earth. |
| 34
| And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the
thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his
servants. |
| 35
| And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he
let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. |
