‏ Exodus 9

CHAPTER 9

Death of the Egyptian Livestock

1[³said ¹And ²the lord] to Moses, Enter to Pharaoh! And you shall say to him, Thus says the lord    God of the Hebrews, Send out   my people! that they may serve to me 2For if then you do not want to send out   my people, but still to have power over them, 3behold, the hand of the lord  will be against   your cattle   in the plains, and against also the horses, and against the beasts of burden, and the camels, and oxen, and sheep, [³plague ²great ¹by an exceedingly]. 4And I will do an incredible thing, even I in   that time, between the cattle of the Egyptians, and between the cattle of the sons of Israel. And there shall not come to an end of any of the ones of the sons of Israel in particular. 5And God gave confirmation, saying, In the next morning the lord will do   this thing upon the land. 6And the lord did   this thing in the next day. And there came to an end all the cattle of the Egyptians. But of the cattle of the sons of Israel they did not come to an end -- not one. 7[³seeing ¹And ²Pharaoh] that none came to an end from all of the cattle of the sons of Israel -- not one, [⁴was oppressed ¹the ²heart ³of Pharaoh], and he did not send out the people.

Boils Break Out in the Land of Egypt

8[³spoke ¹And ²the lord] to Moses and Aaron, saying, Take with you [²full   ¹hands] of soot of a furnace! and let Moses strew it  into the heaven before Pharaoh, and before   his attendants! 9And let there become a cloud of dust upon all the land of Egypt! and there will be upon   men and upon the four-footed creatures  sores of boils breaking out among both   men, and among the four-footed creatures, and in all the land of Egypt. 10And they took the soot of the furnace before Pharaoh; and [²strew ³it ¹Moses] into the heaven; and there became sores of boils breaking out among both   men, and among the four-footed creatures. 11And [³were not ⁴able ¹the ²sorcerers] to stand before Moses, on account of the sores. [⁴happened ¹For ²the ³sores] among the sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt. 12[³hardened ¹And ²the lord] the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not hearken to them; as the lord ordered to  Moses.

Hail of Destruction upon Egypt

13[³said ¹And ²the lord] to Moses, Rise early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh! And you shall say to him, Thus says the lord    God of the Hebrews, Send out   my people! that they may serve to me. 14[²in ³the ¹For] present time I will send out all   my events into   your heart, and   your attendants, and   your people, that you might see that there is not another as I in all the earth. 15For now, sending   my hand, I will strike you; and   your people I shall put to death; and I will obliterate you from the earth. 16And because of this you were carefully kept, that I might demonstrate in you   my strength, and how [²should be declared   ¹my name] in all the earth. 17Still then you cause   my people   [²to not ³be sent out ¹for them]. 18Behold, I rain this   hour tomorrow [³hail ²great ¹exceedingly], in which such has not happened in Egypt from which day it was created, and until   this day. 19Now then hasten to bring together   your cattle, and as much as is to you in the plain! For all the men, and the cattle, as much as might be found in the plains, and what might not enter into a residence, [³should have fallen ¹and ⁴upon ⁵them   ²what hail], it will come to an end. 20The ones fearing the word of the lord  of the attendants of Pharaoh brought together   their cattle into the houses. 21And he who did not take heed to the thought unto the word of the lord, he allowed the cattle to stay  in the plains. 22[³said ¹And ²the lord] to Moses, Stretch out   your hand unto   heaven! and there will be hail upon all the land of Egypt; upon both the men, and the cattle, and upon all pasturage   upon the land. 23[³stretched out ¹And ²Moses] his  hand unto the heaven, and the lord  gave sounds and hail. And [²ran across   ¹fire] upon the earth. And the lord rained hail upon all the land of Egypt. 24And there was   hail, and the fire blazing in the hail. And the hail was great -- exceedingly, in which was there not such in Egypt from when there was [²upon ³it ¹a nation]. 25[⁴struck ¹And ²the ³hail] in all the land of Egypt -- all as much as was in the plain from man unto beast. And all pasturage   in the plain [³struck ¹the ²hail]. And all the trees   in the plains broke. 26Except in the land of Goshen, of which were there  the sons of Israel, there was not   hail. 27[³sending ¹And ²Pharaoh], called   Moses and Aaron, and he said to them, I have sinned   now, the lord  is just, but I and   my people are impious. 28Make a vow then to the lord, and let [³cease   ⁴to happen ¹the sounds ²of God], and the hail and fire! And I will send you out, and no longer will I insist for you to remain. 29[³said ¹And ⁴to him ²Moses], whenever I should go from the city, I will spread forth   my hands to the lord, and the sounds will cease; and the hail and the rain will not be any longer, that you may know that [³is of the ⁴ lord  ¹the ²earth]. 30And you and   your attendants -- I know that you do not yet fear the lord. 31And the flax and the barley were struck. For the barley was standing, and the flax was seeding. 32And the wheat and the wild oat were not struck, [³late ¹for ²it was]. 33[³went forth ¹And ²Moses] from Pharaoh outside of the city, and he spread forth the hands to the lord, and the sounds ceased, and the hail; and the rain did not drip any longer upon the land. 34[³seeing ¹And ²Pharaoh] that [³has been ceased ¹the ²rain], and the hail, and the sounds -- he added   to sin. And [³was oppressed ¹his   ²heart], and the ones of his attendants. 35And [⁴was hardened ¹the ²heart ³of Pharaoh], and he did not send out the sons of Israel; just as the lord said   to Moses.