The Fifth Plague: Livestock

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

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

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. 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.”

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. 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.

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

The Seventh Plague: Hail

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

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. 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.’”

20The one who fears the word of YHWH among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses. 21And he who did not set his heart to the word of YHWH left his servants and his livestock in the field.

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.”

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. 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.

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

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 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.”

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

31(And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was in ear, and the flax was in bud. 32And the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are late crops.)

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.

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. 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.