Chapter 9, 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.
For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 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 murren.
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.
And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, Tomorrow the Lord shall do this
thing in the land.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boil
was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them,
as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.
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.
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.
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.
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my
power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
Behold, tomorrow 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.
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.
He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants
and his cattle flee into the houses.
And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in
the field.
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.
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.
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.
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 break every tree of the field.
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no
hail.
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.
Entreat 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.
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.
But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord
God.
And the flax and the barley was smitten, for the barley was in the ear,
and the flax was bold.
But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were not grown up.
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.
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.
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of
Israel go, as the Lord had spoken by Moses.