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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 09
1 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Go in to
Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh,
the God ofthe Hebrews, says: “Let my
people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if yourefuse to letthemgo, andhold
them still,
3 behold, Yahweh’s hand is on your
livestock which are in the field, on the
horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on
the herds, and on the flocks with a very
grievous pestilence.
4 Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel
and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all
that belongs to the children of Israel.” ’ ”
5 Yahweh appointed a set time, saying,
“Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in
the land.”
6 Yahweh did that thing on the next day;
and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of
the livestock of the children of Israel, not
one died.
7 Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was
not so much as one of the livestock of the
Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh
was stubborn, and he didn’t let the people
go.
8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron,
“Take handfuls of ashes ofthe furnace, and
let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the
sight of Pharaoh.
9 It shall become small dust over all the
land of Egypt, and shall be boils and blisters
breaking out on man and on animal,
throughout all the land of Egypt.”
10 They took ashes of the furnace, and
stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it
up toward the sky; and it became
boils and blisters breaking out on man and
on animal.
11 The magicians couldn’t stand before
Moses because of the boils; for the boils
were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
12 Yahweh hardened the heart of
Pharaoh, and he didn’t listen to them, as
Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
13 Yahweh said to Moses, “Rise up early
in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh,
and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God
of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go,
that they may serve me.
14 For this time I will send all my plagues
against your heart, against your officials,
and against your people; that you may
know that there is no one like me in all the
earth.
15 Fornow I wouldhave stretchedoutmy
hand, and struck you and your people with
pestilence, and you would have been cut
off from the earth;
16 but indeed for this cause I have made
you stand: to show you my power, and that
my name may be declared throughout all
the earth,
17 because you still exalt yourself against
my people, that you won’t let them go.
18 Behold, tomorrow about this time I
will cause it to rain a very grievous hail,
such as has not been in Egypt since the day
it was founded even until now.
19 Now therefore command that all of
your livestock and all that you have in
the field be brought into shelter. The hail
will come down on every man and animal
that is found in the field, and isn’t brought
home, and they will die.” ’ ”
20 Those who feared Yahweh’s word
among the servants of Pharaoh made their
servants and their livestock flee into the
houses.
21 Whoever didn’t respect Yahweh’s
word left his servants and his livestock in
the field.
22 Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out
your hand toward the sky, that there may
be hail in allthe land of Egypt, on man, and
on animal, and on every herb of the field,
throughout the land of Egypt.”
23 Moses stretched outhis rod toward the
heavens, and Yahweh sent thunder and
hail; and lightning flashed down to the
earth. Yahweh rained hail on the land of
Egypt.
24 So there was very severe hail, and
lightning mixed with the hail, such as had
not been in all the land of Egypt since it
became a nation.
25 The hail struck throughout all the land
of Egypt all that was in the field, both man
and animal; and the hail struck every herb
of the field, and broke every tree of the
field.
26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the
children of Israel were, there was no hail
27 Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and
Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned
this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and
my people are wicked.
28 Pray to Yahweh; for there has been
enough of mighty thunderings and hail.
I will let you go, and you shall stay no
longer.”
29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have
gone out of the city, I will spread out
my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall
cease, and there will not be any more hail;
that you may know that the earth is Yahweh’s.
30 But as for you and your servants, I
know that you don’t yet fear Yahweh God.”
31 The flax and the barley were struck,
for the barley had ripened and theflax was
blooming.
32 But the wheat and the spelt were not
struck, for they had not grown up.
33 Moses went out of the city from
Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to Yahweh;
and the thunders and hail ceased,
and the rain was not poured on the earth.
34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain and
the hail and the thunders had ceased, he
sinned yet more, and hardened his heart,
he and his servants.
35 The heart of Pharaoh was hardened,
and he didn’t let the children of Israel go,
just as Yahweh had spoken through Moses.
Word English Bible
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