Exodus 9:13–21

The Plague of Hail

¹³And Yahweh said to Moses, “^aRise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh, and you shall say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, “^bLet My people go, that they may serve Me.

¹⁴“For this time I will send all My plagues against your heart and amongst your servants and your people, so that ^ayou may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

¹⁵“For if by now I had sent forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been wiped out from the earth.

¹⁶“But, indeed, ^afor this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power and in order to recount My name through all the earth.

¹⁷“Still you ¹exalt yourself against My people ²by not letting them go.

¹⁸“Behold, about this time tomorrow, ^aI will rain down very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded ¹until now.

¹⁹“So now, send, bring ^ayour livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. ^bEvery man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, the hail will come down on them, and they will die.” ’ ”

^20aThe one among the servants of Pharaoh who ¹feared the word of Yahweh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses;

²¹but he who did not ¹consider in his heart the word of Yahweh ²left his servants and his livestock in the field.