Thematic Bible
Exodus 9:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Exodus 9:2 (show verse)
For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them,
Exodus 9:3 (show verse)
behold, the hand of the Lord will come with a very severe pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks.
Exodus 9:4 (show verse)
Exodus 9:5 (show verse)
The Lord set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.”
Exodus 9:6 (show verse)
So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died.
Exodus 9:7 (show verse)
Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Exodus 9:8 (show verse)
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus 9:9 (show verse)
It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.”
Exodus 9:10 (show verse)
So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast.
Exodus 9:11 (show verse)
Exodus 9:12 (show verse)
And the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
Exodus 9:13 (show verse)
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Exodus 9:14 (show verse)
For this time I will send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
Exodus 9:15 (show verse)
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.
Exodus 9:16 (show verse)
But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth.
Exodus 9:17 (show verse)
Still you exalt yourself against My people by not letting them go.
Exodus 9:18 (show verse)
Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
Exodus 9:19 (show verse)
Now therefore send, bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’”
Exodus 9:20 (show verse)
Exodus 9:21 (show verse)
but he who paid no regard to the word of the Lord left his servants and his livestock in the field.
Exodus 9:22 (show verse)
Now the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that hail 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.”
Exodus 9:23 (show verse)
Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
Exodus 9:24 (show verse)
So there was hail, and fire flashing 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.
Exodus 9:25 (show verse)
Exodus 9:26 (show verse)
Exodus 9:27 (show verse)
Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones.
Exodus 9:28 (show verse)
Exodus 9:29 (show verse)
Moses said to him, “As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the Lord; the thunder will cease and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.
Exodus 9:30 (show verse)
Exodus 9:31 (show verse)
(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud.
Exodus 9:32 (show verse)
But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they ripen late.)
Exodus 9:33 (show verse)
Exodus 9:34 (show verse)
But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Exodus 9:35 (show verse)
Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the Lord had spoken through Moses.