Exodus:9

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* Then Jehovah said to Moses : »Go to Pharaoh , and tell him , this is what Jehovah the God of the Hebrews says : Let my people go to serve me . * »If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them in slavery , * Jehovah will bring a terrible plague on your livestock , including your horses , donkeys , camels , cattle , sheep , and goats . * »‘»Jehovah will distinguish between Israel ’s livestock and the livestock of the Egyptians . The animals belonging to the Israelites will not die .« ’« * Jehovah set a definite time : »I , Jehovah , choose tomorrow as the time when I will do this .« * The next day Jehovah did as he had said . The Egyptian ’s animals all died . Not one of the animals of the Israelites died . * The king asked what had happened . He was told that none of the animals of the Israelites had died . He was stubborn and would not let the people go . * Then Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron : »Take a few handfuls of ashes from a furnace . Moses is to throw them into the air in front of the king . * »They will spread out like fine dust over all the land of Egypt . They will produce boils that become open sores on the people and the animals .« * They got some ashes and stood before the king . Moses threw them into the air . They produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals . * The magicians were not able to appear before Moses , because they were covered with boils , like all the other Egyptians . * Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh and he did not listen to Moses and Aaron . Everything happened just as Jehovah had told Moses . * Jehovah told Moses to get up early the next morning and say to the king : »God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go , so they can serve him ! * »If you do not , he will send his worst plagues to strike you , your officials , and everyone else in your country . Then you will find out that no one can oppose Jehovah . * »He could already have sent a terrible disease and wiped you from the face of the earth . * »I have allowed you to remain , in order to show you my power and in order to proclaim my name through all the earth . * »Still you exalt yourself against my people by not letting them go . * »At this time tomorrow , I will send a very heavy hail , such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now . * »Bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety . Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home will die from the hail .« * The ones among the servants of Pharaoh who respected the word of Jehovah made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses . * He who paid no regard to the word of Jehovah left his servants and his livestock in the field . * Jehovah said to Moses : »Stretch out your hand toward the sky . Hail will fall on all the land of Egypt , on man and on beast and on every plant of the field , throughout the land of Egypt .« * Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky . Then Jehovah sent thunder and hail , and fire ran down to the earth . Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt . * It hailed , and lightning flashed while it hailed . This was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation . * All over Egypt the hail knocked down everything that was out in the open . It struck down people , animals , and every plant in the fields and destroyed every tree in the fields . * The region of Goshen , where the Israelites lived , was the only place where there was no hail . * The king sent for Moses and Aaron and said : »This time I have sinned . Jehovah is in the right . My people and I are in the wrong . * »Pray to Jehovah ! We have had enough of this thunder and hail ! I promise to let you go . You do not have to stay here any longer .« * Moses said to him : »As soon as I go out of the city , I will lift up my hands in prayer to Jehovah . The thunder will stop . There will be no more hail . Thus you may know that the earth belongs to Jehovah . * »But I know that you and your servants do not yet respect Jehovah God .« * The flax and the barley were ruined , because the barley was ripe , and the flax was budding . * But the wheat crops ripen later , and they were not damaged . * Moses left the royal palace and the city . He lifted his arms in prayer to Jehovah . The thunder , hail , and drenching rain stopped . * The king realized that the storm was over . He disobeyed once more . He and his officials were so stubborn * that he refused to let the Israelites go . This was exactly what Jehovah said would happen .

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