Exodus 9:13–21

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

¹⁴“For this time I will send all My plagues ¹on you and 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 put forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been cut off from the earth.

¹⁶“But, indeed, ^afor this reason I have allowed you to ¹remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.

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

The Plague of Hail

¹⁸“Behold, about this time tomorrow, ^aI will ¹send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded ²until now.

¹⁹“Now therefore 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, when the hail comes down on them, will die.” ’ ”

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

²¹but he who ¹paid no regard to the word of the Lord ²left his servants and his livestock in the field.