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Exodus 9 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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A Plague against Livestock

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:1 - “Go back to Pharaoh,” the LORD commanded Moses. “Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:2 - If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - the hand of the LORD will strike all your livestock—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats—with a deadly plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - But the LORD will again make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians. Not a single one of Israel’s animals will die!

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:5 - The LORD has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the land tomorrow.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6 - And the LORD did just as he had said. The next morning all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but the Israelites didn’t lose a single animal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - Pharaoh sent his officials to investigate, and they discovered that the Israelites had not lost a single animal! But even so, Pharaoh’s heart remained stubborn,[fn] and he still refused to let the people go.
A Plague of Festering Boils
(Deu 28:27 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:8 - Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln, and have Moses toss it into the air while Pharaoh watches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - The ashes will spread like fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, causing festering boils to break out on people and animals throughout the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses threw the soot into the air, and boils broke out on people and animals alike.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:11 - Even the magicians were unable to stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:12 - But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and just as the LORD had predicted to Moses, Pharaoh refused to listen.
A Plague of Hail

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:13 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so they can worship me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:14 - If you don’t, I will send more plagues on you[fn] and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:15 - By now I could have lifted my hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:16 - But I have spared you for a purpose—to show you my power[fn] and to spread my fame throughout the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:17 - But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - So tomorrow at this time I will send a hailstorm more devastating than any in all the history of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - Quick! Order your livestock and servants to come in from the fields to find shelter. Any person or animal left outside will die when the hail falls.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:20 - Some of Pharaoh’s officials were afraid because of what the LORD had said. They quickly brought their servants and livestock in from the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:21 - But those who paid no attention to the word of the LORD left theirs out in the open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky so hail may fall on the people, the livestock, and all the plants throughout the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - So Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed toward the earth. The LORD sent a tremendous hailstorm against all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - Never in all the history of Egypt had there been a storm like that, with such devastating hail and continuous lightning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - It left all of Egypt in ruins. The hail struck down everything in the open field—people, animals, and plants alike. Even the trees were destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:26 - The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:27 - Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he confessed. “The LORD is the righteous one, and my people and I are wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:28 - Please beg the LORD to end this terrifying thunder and hail. We’ve had enough. I will let you go; you don’t need to stay any longer.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:29 - “All right,” Moses replied. “As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my hands and pray to the LORD. Then the thunder and hail will stop, and you will know that the earth belongs to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:30 - But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:31 - (All the flax and barley were ruined by the hail, because the barley had formed heads and the flax was budding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:32 - But the wheat and the emmer wheat were spared, because they had not yet sprouted from the ground.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:33 - So Moses left Pharaoh’s court and went out of the city. When he lifted his hands to the LORD, the thunder and hail stopped, and the downpour ceased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:34 - But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he and his officials sinned again, and Pharaoh again became stubborn.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:35 - Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the LORD had predicted through Moses.
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NLT Footnotes
Hebrew heavy.
Hebrew on your heart.
Greek version reads to display my power in you; compare Rom 9:17.
Hebrew made his heart heavy.
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