Exodus Chapter 9:

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Verses from Exodus, Chapter 9 of the book of Exodus of the Bible.

Exodus - Old Testament — Exodus – Old Testament

Plague in animals

1. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him: This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2. If you refuse to let them go and detain them,
3. the hand of the Lord will fall on his cattle, on the fields, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the sheep and on the goats; there will be a terrible plague.
4. The Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and the livestock of the Egyptians, and nothing that belongs to the Israelites will die.'”
5. The Lord set a deadline, saying: “Tomorrow the Lord will do this on earth.”
6. And the next day the Lord did this: all the cattle of the Egyptians died, but none of the cattle of the Israelites died.
7. Pharaoh ordered a check and discovered that not one of the Israelites' livestock had died. However, Pharaoh's heart remained stubborn, and he did not let the people go.

The plague of sores

8. Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take a handful of furnace ash, and Moses scatter it into the sky before Pharaoh.
9. It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering sores will appear on people and animals throughout the land.”
10. They took furnace ashes and stood before Pharaoh. Moses spread it to the sky, and inflamed sores appeared on people and animals.
11. The enchanters were unable to stand before Moses because of their festering wounds, for all the Egyptians had festering sores.
12. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had said to Moses.

The plague of hail

13. The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, go before Pharaoh, and say to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'Let my people go, so that they may serve me.
14. This time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your counselors and against your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
15. If I had reached out and struck you and your people with a plague of pestilence, you would have been wiped out from the land.
16. But that is why the Lord let him live: to show him his power, and so that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
17. Do you still rise up against my people and not let them go?
18. Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the most violent hailstorm that has ever occurred in Egypt, from its beginning until now.
19. Tell your servants and your people to take the livestock and everything they have in the field inside. All men and animals that are found in the field and are not collected will die when the hail hits them'”.
20. Pharaoh's officials, who feared the word of the Lord, took his servants and his livestock inside,
21. but those who did not pay attention to the word of the Lord left their servants and their livestock in the field.
22. The Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, and hail will fall throughout all the land of Egypt, on man and beast and on all the vegetation of the field in Egypt.”
23. When Moses stretched out his rod toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. The Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.
24. There was hail and lightning, and the hail was so heavy as had never been seen in all of Egypt since it became a nation.
25. Throughout Egypt the hail struck everything in the field, both men and animals; it destroyed all the vegetation in the field and broke all the trees into pieces.
26. Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, there was no hail.
27. Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time I have sinned. The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are guilty.
28. Pray to the Lord, for I can no longer bear the thunder and hail. I will let them go; you won’t have to stay here any longer.”
29. Moses replied, “As soon as I leave the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the land is the Lord's.
30. But I know that you and your counselors still do not fear the Lord God.”
31. The flax and barley were destroyed, because the barley was ripe and the flax was in the ear.
32. The wheat and rye, however, were not damaged, because they ripen later.
33. Moses left Pharaoh and the city and stretched out his hands to the Lord. The thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer fell.
34. When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again; He hardened his heart and his counselors.
35. Then Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.