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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.
02 For if thou refuse to let them go, and
wilt hold them still,
03 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.
04 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.
05 And the Lord appointed a set time,
saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this thing in
the land.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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.
16 And in very deed for this cause have I
raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and
that my name may be declared throughout all the
earth.
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.
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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:
21 And he that regarded not the word of the
Lord left his servants and his cattle in the
field.
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.
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.
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 Intreat 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 rie 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.
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