Exodus 9:18–25

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.

²²Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that ^athere may be hail on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”

²³So Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and Yahweh gave forth ¹thunder and ^ahail, and fire went down to the earth. And Yahweh rained down hail on the land of Egypt.

²⁴So there was hail, and fire ¹flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

^25aAnd the hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, from man to beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field.