Exodus 9
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The Fifth Plague: Death of Livestock
1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him: This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 2But if you refuse to let them go and keep holding them, 3then the Lord’s hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field — the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. 4But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that the Israelites own will die.” 5And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” # 9:1–5 Ex 7:4,16; 8:1–2,22; 11:7 6The Lord did this the next day. All the Egyptian livestock died, # 9:6 Ex 9:19; Ps 78:50 but none among the Israelite livestock died. 7Pharaoh sent messengers who saw that not a single one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh’s heart was hard, # 9:7 Ex 7:14; 8:32 and he did not let the people go.
The Sixth Plague: Boils
8Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of furnace soot, and Moses is to throw it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils # 9:9 Dt 28:27; Rv 16:2 on people and animals throughout the land of Egypt.” 10So they took furnace soot and stood before Pharaoh. Moses threw it toward heaven, and it became festering boils on people and animals. 11The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians as well as on all the Egyptians. # 9:11 Ex 8:18; 2Tm 3:9 12But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart # 9:12 Ex 4:21; 7:22 and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had told Moses.
The Seventh Plague: Hail
13Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh. Tell him: This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 14For this time I am about to send all my plagues against you, # 9:14 Lit plagues to your heart your officials, and your people. Then you will know there is no one like me on the whole earth. 15By now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague, and you would have been obliterated from the earth. # 9:15 Ex 3:20; 8:10,20 16However, I have let you live for this purpose: to show you my power # 9:16 Ex 14:17; Pr 16:4; Rm 9:17 and to make my name known on the whole earth. 17You are still acting arrogantly against # 9:17 Or still obstructing my people by not letting them go. 18Tomorrow at this time I will rain down the worst hail # 9:18 Jos 10:11; Jb 38:22; Ps 18:12; Is 28:2; 30:30; Ezk 13:11; 38:22 that has ever occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. 19Therefore give orders to bring your livestock and all that you have in the field into shelters. Every person and animal that is in the field and not brought inside will die when the hail falls on them.” 20Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the Lord made their servants and livestock flee to shelters, 21but those who didn’t take to heart the Lord’s word left their servants and livestock in the field.
22Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven and let there be hail throughout the land of Egypt — on people and animals and every plant of the field in the land of Egypt.” 23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. # 9:23 Ps 78:47–48; 105:32; 148:8; Rv 8:7; 11:19; 16:21 Lightning struck the land, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24The hail, with lightning flashing through it, was so severe that nothing like it had occurred in the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both people and animals. The hail beat down every plant of the field and shattered every tree in the field. 26The only place it didn’t hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were. # 9:26 Ex 8:22; 9:4,6; 11:7; 12:13; Is 32:18
27Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “The Lord is the righteous # 9:27 Ex 10:16; 2Ch 12:6; Ps 129:4; 145:17; Lm 1:18 one, and I and my people are the guilty ones. 28Make an appeal to the Lord. There has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; # 9:28 Ex 8:8; 10:17 you don’t need to stay any longer.”
29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands # 9:29 1Kg 8:22,38; Ps 143:6; Is 1:15 to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth # 9:29 Or land,# 9:29 Ps 24:1; 1Co 10:26 belongs to the Lord. 30But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the Lord God.”
31The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe # 9:31 Lit was ears of grain and the flax was budding, # 9:31 Ru 1:22; 2:23 32but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops. # 9:32 Lit are late
33Moses left Pharaoh and the city, and spread out his hands to the Lord. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the land. 34When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his officials. 35So Pharaoh’s heart was hard, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.
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Exodus 9
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Dead animals
1The LORD sent Moses with this message for the king#9.1 the king: See the note at 1.11. of Egypt:
The LORD God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him. 2If you keep refusing, 3he will bring a terrible disease on your horses and donkeys, your camels and cattle, and your sheep and goats. 4But the LORD will protect the animals that belong to the people of Israel, and none of theirs will die. 5Tomorrow is the day the LORD has set to do this.
6It happened the next day—all the animals belonging to the Egyptians died, but the Israelites did not lose even one. 7When the king found out, he was still too stubborn to let the people go.
Sores
8The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:
Take a few handfuls of ashes from a stove and let Moses throw them into the air. Be sure the king is watching. 9The ashes will blow across the land of Egypt, causing sores to break out on people and animals.
10So they took a few handfuls of ashes and went to the king.#9.10 the king: See the note at 1.11. Moses threw them into the air, and sores immediately broke out on the Egyptians and their animals.#Rev 16.2. 11The magicians were suffering so much from the sores, that they could not even come to Moses. 12Everything happened just as the LORD had told Moses—he made the king too stubborn to listen to Moses and Aaron.
Hailstones
13The LORD told Moses to get up early the next morning and say to the king:#9.13 the king: See the note at 1.11.
The LORD God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him! 14If you don't, 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 the LORD. 15In fact, he could already have sent a terrible disease and wiped you from the face of the earth. 16But he has kept you alive, just to show you his power and to bring honour to himself everywhere in the world.#Ro 9.17.
17You are still determined not to let the LORD's people go. 18All right. At this time tomorrow, he will bring on Egypt the worst hailstorm in its history. 19You had better give orders for every person and every animal in Egypt to take shelter. If they don't, they will die.
20Some of the king's officials were frightened by what the LORD had said, and they hurried off to make sure their slaves and animals were safe. 21But others paid no attention to his threats and left their slaves and animals out in the open.
22Then the LORD told Moses, “Stretch your arm towards the sky, so that hailstones will fall on people, animals, and crops in the land of Egypt.” 23-24Moses pointed his walking stick towards the sky, and hailstones started falling everywhere. Thunder roared, and lightning flashed back and forth, striking the ground. This was the worst storm in the history of Egypt.#Rev 8.7; 16.21. 25People, animals, and crops were pounded by the hailstones, and bark was stripped from trees. 26Only Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was safe from the storm.
27The king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Now I have really sinned! My people and I are guilty, and the LORD is right. 28We can't stand any more of this thunder and hail. Please ask the LORD to make it stop. Your people can go—you don't have to stay in Egypt any longer.”
29Moses answered, “As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my arms in prayer. When the thunder and hail stop, you will know that the earth belongs to the LORD. 30But I am certain that neither you nor your officials really fear the LORD God.”
31Meanwhile, the flax and barley crops had been destroyed by the storm because they were ready to ripen. 32But the wheat crops#9.32 wheat crops: The Hebrew text mentions two kinds of wheat. ripen later, and they were not damaged.
33After Moses left the royal palace and the city, he lifted his arms in prayer to the LORD, and the thunder, hail, and drenching rain stopped. 34When the king realized that the storm was over, he disobeyed once more. He and his officials were so stubborn 35that he refused to let the Israelites go. This was exactly what the LORD had said would happen.
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