Exodus 9:18–25

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.

²²Now the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that ^1ahail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”

²³Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord ¹sent ²thunder and ^ahail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

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

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