Exodus 9

Thomson(i) 1 Then the Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharao and say to him, Thus saith the Lord the God of the Hebrews, Send away my people that they may serve me. 2 For if thou wilt not send away my people but still detain them, 3 behold the hand of the Lord will be upon thy cattle in the field: and among the horses and among the asses and the camels and the herds and the flocks there shall be a grievous pestilence. 4 And at this time also I will make a remarkable distinction between the cattle of the Egyptians and the cattle of the Israelites. Among the aforementioned belonging to Israel not one shall die. 5 And God fixed a set time saying, To-morrow the Lord will do this in the land. 6 So on the morrow the Lord executed this, and all the cattle which died belonged to the Egyptians; but of the cattle belonging to the Israelites not one died. 7 But though Pharao saw that of all the cattle belonging to the Israelites not one died, his heart was inflexible and he would not let the people go. 8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, Take handfuls of ashes from the furnace; and let Moses scatter them towards heaven in the presence of Pharao and before his attendants 9 and let there be dust on all the land of Egypt, and there shall be on men and four footed beasts an inflammation; blains oozing forth both on man and beast in all the land of Egypt. 10 So Moses took the ashes of a furnace in the sight of Pharao and scattered them towards heaven, and there was an inflammation with oozing blains both on man and beast, 11 so that the sorcerers could not stand before Moses, because of these boils. For the boils were on the sorcerers and throughout all the land of Egypt. 12 But the Lord made Pharao's heart stubborn and he hearkened not to them as the Lord commanded. 13 Then the Lord said to Moses, Rise early to-morrow morning and stand before Pharao and say to him, Thus saith the Lord the God of the Hebrews, Send away my people that they may serve me. 14 For at this time I am going to send all my plagues into thy heart and the heart of thy servants and thy people, that thou mayst know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 I might now indeed have stretched forth my hand and smitten thee and destroyed thy people with pestilence, so that thou shouldst have been blotted out from the earth: 16 but thou hast been preserved for this purpose that by thee I might display my power and that my name may be celebrated throughout all the earth. 17 Shouldst thou therefore still determine with respect to my people not to let them go, 18 behold at this time to-morrow I will pour down a great storm of hail; such as hath never been in Egypt, from the day it was created even to this day. 19 Now therefore haste and gather in thy cattle and whatever thou hast in the field. For every man and beast, which shall be found in the fields and shall not have come home, on them the hail shall fall and they shall die. 20 Such of the attendants of Pharao as feared the Lord gathered their cattle into houses. 21 But such as paid no regard to the word of the Lord left their cattle in the fields. 22 Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand towards heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on man and beast and on every herb which is on the ground. 23 And Moses stretched forth his hand towards heaven and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire streamed along the ground. And the Lord poured down a storm of hail on all the land of Egypt. 24 And there was hail, with flaming fire among the hail. And the hail storm was excessively great such as had never been in Egypt from the day there was a nation in it. 25 And throughout all the land of Egypt the hail smote both man and beast. The hail also smote every herb of the field and broke to pieces all the trees in the fields. 26 But in the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, there was no hail. 27 Then Pharao sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, I have sinned this time. The Lord is righteous; but as for me and my people, we are wicked. 28 Pray therefore for me to the Lord; and let the voices of God and the hail and fire cease and I will send you away and you shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said to him, As soon as I have gone out of the city I will spread out my hands to the Lord and the voices will cease and there will be no more hail and rain, that thou mayst know that the earth is the Lord's. 30 But as for thee and thy attendants I know that you do not yet fear the Lord. 31 Now the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley had eared and the flax was in seed. 32 But the wheat and spelts were not smitten for they had been lately sown. 33 So Moses went out from Pharao without the city and stretched forth his hands to the Lord. And the thunder ceased and the hail and the rain no longer poured down on the earth. 34 And when Pharao saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder were stayed he continued on in his course of sinning and hardened his own heart and the hearts of his servants. 35 And when Pharao's heart was inflexible and he would not let the people go as the Lord had said to Moses,