1 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. 2 For
if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
3 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 murrain.
4 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.
5 And the
Lord appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the Lord shall do this
thing in the land.
6 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.
7 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.
8
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.
(Do this in sight of Pharaoh so Pharaoh will know it is of God and caused by God when the problem comes to him.)
9 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.
10 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. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because
of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the
Egyptians. 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.
13
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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for
to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout
all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that
thou wilt not let them go?
18 Behold, to morrow 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. 19 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.
20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of
Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:21 And he
that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle
in the field.
22 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.
23 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.
24 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.
25 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 brake every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
27
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.
(Easy to say but then what? I've
often heard people repent but never change for real change is only from
God and their sentence on them is from God.)
28
Intreat 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. 29 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.
30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God.
31
And the flax and the barley was smitten:for the barley was in the ear,
and the flax was bolled. 32 But the wheat and the rie were not
smitten:for they were not grown up.
33
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.
34 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.
35 And the
heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of
Israel go; as the Lord had spoken by Moses.