Keraia
Pentateuch

Exodus 9

The Fifth Plague: Livestock

1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

1And YHWH said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him: Thus says YHWH God of the Hebrews, ‘Send out, My people that they may serve Me.

2But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,

2For if you refuse to send them out, and you are still holding on to them,

3then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

3behold, the hand of YHWH will be on your livestock that are in the field—on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the cattle, and on the flocks—a very severe pestilence.

4But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’”

4And YHWH will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and between the livestock of Egypt, and not a thing shall die from all that belongs to the sons of Israel.’”

5The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.”

5And YHWH set an appointed time, saying, “Tomorrow YHWH will do this thing in the land.”

6And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

6And YHWH did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died. And from the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died.

7Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the people go.

7And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. And the heart of Pharaoh was heavy, and he did not send out. the people

The Sixth Plague: Boils

8Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air.

8And YHWH said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take for yourselves the fullness of both palms of soot of a furnace, and Moses shall scatter it toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh.

9It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”

9And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and it shall become boils bursting with blisters, on man and on beast, in all the land of Egypt.”

10So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.

10And they took soot of the furnace and stood before the face of Pharaoh. And Moses scattered it toward the heavens, and it became boils with blisters bursting, on the man and on the beast.

11The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.

11And the magicians were not able to stand before the face of Moses, because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians and on all Egypt.

12But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses.

12And YHWH strengthened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as YHWH had spoken to Moses.

The Seventh Plague: Hail

13Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

13And YHWH said to Moses, “Rise early in the morning and stand before the face of Pharaoh and say to him: Thus says YHWH God of the Hebrews, ‘Send out My people, that they may serve Me.

14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.

14For at this time I am sending all My plagues to your heart, and on your servants, and on your people, in order that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.

15For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.

15For now I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with the pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth.

16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

16But indeed for this reason I have caused you to stand, in order to show you My power, and in order to proclaim My name in all the earth.

17Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go.

17Still you are exalting yourself over My people, so as not to send them out.

18Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

18Behold, about this time tomorrow I am raining down very heavy hail, such as has not been like it in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

19So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

19And now, send—have your livestock brought in, and all that you have in the field; every man and beast that is found in the field and is not gathered to the house—the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die.’”

20Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,

20The one who fears the word of YHWH among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.

21but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.

21And he who did not set his heart to the word of YHWH left his servants and his livestock in the field.

22Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.”

22And YHWH said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, and there shall be hail in all the land of Egypt, on the man, and on the beast, and on every plant of the field in the land of Egypt.”

23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

23And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and YHWH gave voices and hail, and fire went to the earth. And YHWH rained down hail on the land of Egypt.

24The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

24And there was hail, and fire coming in the middle of the hail, very heavy, such as that there was none like it in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.

25Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.

25And the hail struck in all land of Egypt all that was in the field—from man even to beast—and every plant of the field. The hail struck and shattered every tree of the field.

26The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.

26Only in the land of Goshen, where there were the sons of Israel, there was no hail.

27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.

27And Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and for Aaron and said to them, “I have sinned this time. YHWH is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.

28Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”

28Pray to YHWH, for there has been too much of God’s voices and hail. And I will send you out, and you shall no longer stay.”

29Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

29And Moses said to him, “As I leave the city, I will spread out my hands to YHWH, and the voices will cease, and there will not be the hail anymore, in order that you may know that the earth belongs to YHWH.

30But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”

30And as for you and your servants, I know that (you do not yet fear from before the face of YHWH God.”

31(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;

31(And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in ear, and the flax was in bud.

32but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.)

32And the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are late crops.)

33Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land.

33And Moses went out from Pharaoh, out of the city, and he spread out his hands to YHWH, and the voices and the hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.

34When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.

34And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the voices had ceased, and he continued to sin and made heavy his heart—he and his servants.

35So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.

35And the heart of Pharaoh was strengthened, and he did not send out the sons of Israel, as YHWH had spoken by the hand Moses.