Ex 9:8-12
GOD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take fistfuls of soot
from a furnace and have Moses throw it into the air right before Pharaoh's
eyes; 9 it will become a film of fine dust all over Egypt and cause sores, an
eruption of boils on people and animals throughout Egypt." 10 So they took
soot from a furnace, stood in front of Pharaoh, and threw it up into the air.
It caused boils to erupt on people and animals. 11 The magicians weren't able
to compete with Moses this time because of the boils — they were covered with
boils just like everyone else in Egypt.
12 GOD hardened Pharaoh in his stubbornness. He wouldn't
listen, just as GOD had said to Moses.
Ex 9:13-26
GOD said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and
confront Pharaoh. Tell him, 'GOD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Release my
people so they can worship me. 14 This time I am going to strike you and your
servants and your people with the full force of my power so you'll get it into
your head that there's no one like me anywhere in all the Earth. 15 You know
that by now I could have struck you and your people with deadly disease and
there would be nothing left of you, not a trace. 16 But for one reason only
I've kept you on your feet: To make you recognize my power so that my
reputation spreads in all the Earth. 17 You are still building yourself up at
my people's expense. You are not letting them go. 18 So here's what's going to
happen: At this time tomorrow I'm sending a terrific hailstorm — there's never
been a storm like this in Egypt from the day of its founding until now. 19 So
get your livestock under roof — everything exposed in the open fields, people
and animals, will die when the hail comes down.'"
20 All of Pharaoh's servants who had respect for GOD's word
got their workers and animals under cover as fast as they could, 21 but those
who didn't take GOD's word seriously left their workers and animals out in the
field.
22 GOD said to Moses: "Stretch your hands to the skies.
Signal the hail to fall all over Egypt on people and animals and crops exposed
in the fields of Egypt."
23 Moses lifted his staff to the skies and GOD sent peals of
thunder and hail shot through with lightning strikes. GOD rained hail down on
the land of Egypt. 24 The hail came, hail and lightning — a fierce hailstorm.
There had been nothing like it in Egypt in its entire history. 25 The hail hit
hard all over Egypt. Everything exposed out in the fields, people and animals
and crops, was smashed. Even the trees in the fields were shattered. 26 Except
for Goshen where the Israelites lived; there was no hail in Goshen.
Some people respected Gods word and some didn’t…
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