18 Behold, about this time tomorrow, I willjsend a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was foundedkuntil now. 19 Now therefore send, bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’” 20 The one among the servants of Pharaoh wholfeared the word of the LORD made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses; 21 but he whompaid no regard to the word of the LORDnleft his servants and his livestock in the field. | |
22 Now the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, thatohail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.” 23 Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the LORDpsentqthunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and firerflashing continually in the midst of the hail, very severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 The hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail. | |
27 Then Pharaohssent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. 28 Make supplication to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’stthunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.” 29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out myuhands to the LORD; thevthunder will cease and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that the earth is the LORD’S. 30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yetwfearxthe LORD God.” 31 (Now the flax and the barley wereyruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were notzruined, for they ripen late.) 33 So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out hisaahands to the LORD; and theabthunder and the hail ceased, and rainacno longer poured on the earth. 34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and theadthunder had ceased, he sinned again andaehardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 Pharaoh’s heart wasafhardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses. |
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