Exodus 9 - LSB Bible Online

Exodus 9

The Plague of Dying Egyptian Livestock

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, “^aLet My people go, that they may serve Me. 2 For ^aif you refuse to let them go and ¹continue to hold them, 3 behold, ^athe hand of Yahweh ¹will come with a very heavy pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks. 4 ^aBut Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that ^bnothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’” 5 Yahweh also set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh will do this thing in the land.” 6 So Yahweh did this thing on the next day, and ^aall the livestock of Egypt died; ^bbut of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But ^athe heart of Pharaoh was ¹hardened with firmness, and he did not let the people go.

The Plague of Boils

8 Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and it will become ^aboils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.” 10 So they took the soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast. 11 ^aAnd the ¹magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians ²as well as on all the Egyptians. 12 And ^aYahweh ¹hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not listen to them, just as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.

The Plague of Hail

13 And Yahweh said to Moses, “^aRise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, “^bLet My people go, that they may serve Me. 14 For this time I will send all My plagues against your heart and amongst your servants and your people, so that ^ayou may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. 15 For if by now I had sent forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been wiped out from the earth. 16 But, indeed, ^afor this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power and in order to recount My name through all the earth. 17 Still you ¹exalt yourself against My people ²by not letting them go. 18 Behold, about this time tomorrow, ^aI will rain down very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded ¹until now. 19 So now, send, bring ^ayour livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. ^bEvery man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, the hail will come down on them, and they will die.”’” 20 ^aThe one among the servants of Pharaoh who ¹feared the word of Yahweh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses; 21 but he who did not ¹consider in his heart the word of Yahweh ²left his servants and his livestock in the field.
22 Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that ^athere may be hail on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” 23 So Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and Yahweh gave forth ¹thunder and ^ahail, and fire went down to the earth. And Yahweh rained down hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire ¹flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 ^aAnd the hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from man to beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field. 26 ^aOnly in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail.
27 Then Pharaoh ^asent and called for Moses and Aaron and said to them, “^bI have sinned this time; Yahweh is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. 28 ^aEntreat Yahweh, for God’s ¹thunder and hail are too much; and ^bI will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” 29 And Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will ^aspread out my ¹hands to Yahweh; the ²thunder will cease, and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that ^bthe earth is Yahweh’s. 30 ^aBut as for you and your servants, I know that ^byou do not yet ¹fear ²Yahweh God.” 31 (Now the flax and the ^abarley were struck down, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck down, for they are late-ripening.) 33 ^aAnd Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his ¹hands to Yahweh; and the ²thunder and the hail ceased, and rain ³no longer poured on the earth. 34 But Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the ¹thunder had ceased. So he sinned again and ²hardened his heart with firmness, he and his servants. 35 And Pharaoh’s heart was ¹hardened with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as ^aYahweh had spoken by the hand of Moses.

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