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Exodus 9 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Fifth Plague: Livestock Diseased
The Plague on the Cattle; the Plagues of Boils and Hail
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:1 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:2 - “For if you refuse to let them go, and still hold them,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - “behold, the hand of the LORD will be on your cattle in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep—a very severe pestilence.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - “And the LORD will make a difference between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. So nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.” ’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:5 - Then the LORD appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6 - So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - Then Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of the Israelites was dead. But the heart of Pharaoh became hard, and he did not let the people go.
The Sixth Plague: Boils
(Deut. 28:27 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:8 - So the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - “And it will become fine dust in all the land of Egypt, and it will cause boils that break out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - Then they took ashes from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses scattered them toward heaven. And they caused boils that break out in sores on man and beast.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11 - And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:12 - But the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh; and he did not heed them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
The Seventh Plague: Hail
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:13 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go, that they may serve Me,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - “for at this time I will send all My plagues to your very heart, and on your servants and on your people, that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - “Now if I had stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, then you would have been cut off from the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - “But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17 - “As yet you exalt yourself against My people in that you will not let them go.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - “Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause very heavy hail to rain down, such as has not been in Egypt since its founding until now.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - “Therefore send now and gather your livestock and all that you have in the field, for the hail shall come down on every man and every animal which is found in the field and is not brought home; and they shall die.” ’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:20 - He who feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:21 - But he who did not regard the word of the LORD left his servants and his livestock in the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt—on man, on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, so very heavy that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail struck throughout the whole land of Egypt, all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail struck every herb of the field and broke every tree of the field.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:27 - And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and my people and I are wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - “Entreat the LORD, that there may be no more mighty thundering and hail, for it is enough. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - So Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - “But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear the LORD God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:31 - Now the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in the head and the flax was in bud.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:32 - But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are late crops.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread out his hands to the LORD; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more; and he hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:35 - So the heart of Pharaoh was hard; neither would he let the children of Israel go, as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
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