¹³Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “Get up early in the morning. Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says, “Let my people go. Then they will be able to worship me.

¹⁴“ ‘ “If you do not let them go, I will send the full force of my plagues against you this time. They will strike your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me in the whole earth.

¹⁵“ ‘ “By now I could have reached out my hand. I could have struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. ¹⁶But I had a special reason for making you king. I decided to show you my power. I wanted my name to become known everywhere on earth.

¹⁷“ ‘ “But you are still against my people. You will not let them go. ¹⁸So at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm ever to fall on Egypt in its entire history.

¹⁹“ ‘ “Give an order now to bring your livestock inside to a safe place. Bring in everything that is outside. The hail will fall on all of the people and animals that are left outside. They will die.” ’ ”

²⁰The officials of Pharaoh who had respect for what the Lord had said obeyed him. They hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.

²¹But others didn’t pay attention to what the Lord had said. They left their slaves and livestock outside.

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