Dual Panel1Then the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Go <0935> to <0413> Pharaoh <06547> and tell <01696> him, ‘Thus <03541> says <0559> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of the Hebrews <05680>, “Release <07971> my people <05971> that they may serve <05647> me!
2For <03588> if <0518> you <0859> refuse <03986> to release <07971> them and continue <05750> holding <02388> them,
3then the hand <03027> of the Lord <03068> will surely bring <01961> a very <03966> terrible <03515> plague <01698> on your livestock <04735> in the field <07704>, on the horses <05483>, the donkeys <02543>, the camels <01581>, the herds <01241>, and the flocks <06629>.
4But the Lord <03068> will distinguish <06395> between <0996> the livestock <04735> of Israel <03478> and <0996> the livestock <04735> of Egypt <04714>, and nothing <03808> will die <04191> of all <03605> that the Israelites <03478> <01121> have.”’”
5The Lord <03068> set <07760> an appointed time <04150>, saying <0559>, “Tomorrow <04279> the Lord <03068> will do this <02088> in the land <0776>.”
6And the Lord <03068> did <06213> this <02088> on the next day <04283>; all <03605> the livestock <04735> of the Egyptians <04713> died <04191>, but of the Israelites <03478> <01121>’ livestock <04735> not <03808> one <0259> died <04191>.
7Pharaoh <06547> sent <07971> representatives to investigate, and indeed <02009>, not <03808> even <05704> one <0259> of the livestock <04735> of Israel <03478> had died <04191>. But Pharaoh’s <06547> heart <03820> remained hard <03513>, and he did not <03808> release <07971> the people <05971>.
8Then the Lord <03068> said <0413> to Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175>, “Take <03947> handfuls <02651> <04393> of soot <06368> from a furnace <03536>, and have Moses <04872> throw <02236> it into the air <08064> while Pharaoh <06547> is watching <05869>.
9It will become <01961> fine dust <080> over <05921> the whole <03605> land <0776> of Egypt <04714> and will cause boils <07822> to break <06524> out and fester <076> on <05921> both people <0120> and animals <0929> in all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.”
10So they took <03947> soot <06368> from a furnace <03536> and stood <05975> before <06440> Pharaoh <06547>, Moses <04872> threw <02236> it into the air <08064>, and it caused <01961> festering <076> boils <07822> to break <06524> out on both people <0120> and animals <0929>.
11The magicians <02748> could <03201> not <03808> stand <05975> before <06440> Moses <04872> because <06440> of the boils <07822>, for <03588> boils <07822> were <01961> on the magicians <02748> and on all <03605> the Egyptians <04713>.
12But the Lord <03068> hardened <02388> Pharaoh’s <06547> heart <03820>, and he did not <03808> listen <08085> to <0413> them, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had predicted <01696> to <0413> Moses <04872>.
13The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Get up early <07925> in the morning <01242>, stand <03320> before <06440> Pharaoh <06547>, and tell <0559> him, ‘Thus <03541> says <0559> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of the Hebrews <05680>: “Release <07971> my people <05971> so that they may serve <05647> me!
14For <03588> this <02063> time <06471> I <0589> will send <07971> all <03605> my plagues <04046> on <0413> your very self <03820> and on your servants <05650> and your people <05971>, so that <05668> you may know <03045> that <03588> there is no <0369> one like <03644> me in all <03605> the earth <0776>.
15For <03588> by now <06258> I could have stretched out <07971> my hand <03027> and struck <05221> you and your people <05971> with plague <01698>, and you would have been destroyed <03582> from <04480> the earth <0776>.
16But <0199> for <05668> this <02063> purpose <05668> I have caused you to stand <05975>: to show <07200> you my strength <03581>, and so that <04616> my name <08034> may be declared <05608> in all <03605> the earth <0776>.
17You are still <05750> exalting <05549> yourself against my people <05971> by not <01115> releasing <07971> them.
18I am going to cause very <03966> severe <03515> hail to rain down <04305> about this time <06256> tomorrow <04279>, such <0834> hail <01259> as has never <03808> occurred <03644> <01961> in Egypt <04714> from <04480> the day <03117> it was founded <03245> until <05704> now <06258>.
19So now <06258>, send <07971> instructions to gather <05756> your livestock <04735> and all <03605> your possessions in the fields <07704> to a safe place. Every <03605> person <0120> or animal <0929> caught <04672> in the field <07704> and not <03808> brought <0622> into the house <01004>– the hail <01259> will come down <03381> on <05921> them, and they will die <04191>!”’”
20Those of Pharaoh’s <06547> servants <05650> who feared <03372> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> hurried to bring <05127> their servants <05650> and livestock <04735> into <0413> the houses <01004>,
21but those who <0834> did not <03808> take <03820> <07760> the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> seriously <03820> <07760> left <05800> their servants <05650> and their cattle <04735> in the field <07704>.
22Then the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “Extend <05186> your hand <03027> toward <05921> the sky <08064> that there may be <01961> hail <01259> in all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, on <05921> people <0120> and on <05921> animals <0929>, and on <05921> everything <03605> that grows <06212> in the field <07704> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.”
23When Moses <04872> extended <05186> his staff <04294> toward the sky <08064>, the Lord <03068> sent <05414> thunder <06963> and hail <01259>, and fire <0784> fell to the earth <0776>; so the Lord <03068> caused hail <01259> to rain down <04305> on <05921> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.
24Hail <01259> fell <01961> and fire <0784> mingled <08432> <03947> with the hail <01259>; the hail was so <03966> severe <03515> that <0834> there had not <03808> been <01961> any like <03644> it in all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> since <0227> it had become <01961> a nation <01471>.
25The hail <01259> struck <05221> everything <03605> in the open fields <07704>, both people <0120> and animals <0929>, throughout all <03605> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. The hail <01259> struck <05221> everything <03605> that grows <06212> in the field <07704>, and it broke <07665> all <03605> the trees <06086> of the field <07704> to pieces.
26Only <07535> in the land <0776> of Goshen <01657>, where <08033> <0834> the Israelites <03478> <01121> lived, was <01961> there no <03808> hail <01259>.
27So Pharaoh <06547> sent <07971> and summoned <07121> Moses <04872> and Aaron <0175> and said <0559> to <0413> them, “I have sinned <02398> this time <06471>! The Lord <03068> is righteous <06662>, and I <0589> and my people <05971> are guilty <07563>.
28Pray <06279> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, for the mighty <0430> <07227> thunderings <06963> and hail <01259> are too much! I will release <07971> you and you will stay <05975> no <03808> longer <03254>.”
29Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> him, “When I leave <03318> the city <05892> I will spread <06566> my hands <03709> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, the thunder <06963> will cease <02308>, and there will be <01961> no <03808> more <05750> hail <01259>, so that <04616> you may know <03045> that <03588> the earth <0776> belongs to the Lord <03068>.
30But as for you <0859> and your servants <05650>, I know <03045> that <03588> you do not yet <02962> fear <03372> the Lord <03068> God <0430>.”
31(Now the flax <06594> and the barley <08184> were struck by the hail <05221>, for <03588> the barley <08184> had ripened <024> and the flax <06594> was in bud <01392>.
32But the wheat <02406> and the spelt <03698> were not <03808> struck <05221>, for <03588> they <02007> are later crops <0648>.)
33So Moses <04872> left <03318> Pharaoh <06547>, went out of the city <05892>, and spread out <06566> his hands <03709> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, and the <06963> thunder and the hail <01259> ceased <02308>, and the rain <04306> stopped <03808> pouring on <05413> the earth <0776>.
34When Pharaoh <06547> saw <07200> that <03588> the rain <04306> and hail <01259> and thunder <06963> ceased <02308>, he sinned <02398> again <03254>: both he and his servants <05650> hardened <03513> their hearts <03820>.
35So Pharaoh’s <06547> heart <03820> remained hard <02388>, and he did not <03808> release <07971> the Israelites <03478> <01121>, as <0834> the Lord <03068> had predicted <01696> through <03027> Moses <04872>.