1 Then Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: [there shall be] a very grievous murrain. 4 And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel. 5 And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land. 6 And Jehovah did that thing on the morrow; and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go. 8 And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. 11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses. 13 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth: 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. 19 Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; [for] every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 and he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field. 22 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of [these] mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah’s. 30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear Jehovah God. 31 And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten: for they were not grown up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto Jehovah: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.
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Exodus 9 American Standard Version (1901)
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (35)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 8:1; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 9:13; Exodus 8:20; Exodus 3:18
- 2 Exodus 8:2; Leviticus 26:23–24; Isaiah 1:20; Psalm 68:21; Exodus 4:23
- 3 Exodus 7:4; Acts 13:11; 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 5:6–11; Exodus 8:19
- 4 Exodus 8:22; Exodus 12:13; Malachi 3:18; Isaiah 65:13–14; Exodus 10:23
- 5 Exodus 8:23; Jeremiah 28:16–17; Numbers 16:5; Job 24:1; Exodus 9:18
- 6 Psalm 78:48; Exodus 9:25; Psalm 78:50; Exodus 9:19–20
- 7 Exodus 7:14; Exodus 8:32; Job 9:4; Proverbs 29:1; Romans 9:18
- 8 Exodus 8:16
- 9 Revelation 16:2; Deuteronomy 28:27; Deuteronomy 28:35; Job 2:7; Leviticus 13:18–20
- 10 Deuteronomy 28:27
- 11 2 Timothy 3:8–9; Isaiah 47:12–14; Exodus 7:11–12; Revelation 16:2; Exodus 8:18–19
- 12 Exodus 4:21; Psalm 81:11–12; Exodus 7:13–14; Revelation 16:10–11
- 13 Exodus 8:20; Exodus 7:15; Exodus 9:1
- 14 Exodus 8:10; Leviticus 26:18; Leviticus 26:28; Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 32:39–42
- 15 Exodus 3:20; Exodus 12:29–30; Exodus 9:3; Exodus 9:6; Exodus 11:4–6
- 16 Romans 9:17; Proverbs 16:4; Psalm 83:17–18; Psalm 64:9; 1 Chronicles 16:24
- 17 1 Corinthians 10:22; Isaiah 37:29; Isaiah 37:23–24; Job 9:4; Isaiah 45:9
- 18 1 Kings 20:6; 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 7:1; Psalm 83:15; Exodus 9:22–25
- 19 Habakkuk 3:2
- 20 Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 22:3; Hebrews 11:7; Mark 13:14–16; Jonah 3:5–6
- 21 1 Chronicles 22:19; Job 7:17; Exodus 7:23; Daniel 10:12; Proverbs 24:32
- 22 Revelation 16:21; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:16; Exodus 8:5
- 23 Joshua 10:11; Psalm 18:13; Ezekiel 38:22; Isaiah 30:30; Revelation 8:7
- 24 Exodus 9:23; Matthew 24:21; Exodus 10:6
- 25 Psalm 105:32–33; Psalm 78:47
- 26 Exodus 11:7; Exodus 9:4; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 9:6; Exodus 12:13
- 27 2 Chronicles 12:6; Exodus 10:16; Lamentations 1:18; Psalm 129:4; Psalm 145:17
- 28 Exodus 8:8; Exodus 10:17; Exodus 8:28; Acts 8:24; Psalm 29:3–4
- 29 Psalm 143:6; 1 Kings 8:38; 1 Kings 8:22; 1 Corinthians 10:26; Isaiah 1:15
- 30 Isaiah 26:10; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 63:17
- 31 Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23; Habakkuk 3:17; Amos 4:9
- 32 Exodus 10:22
- 33 Exodus 9:29; Exodus 8:12; James 5:17–18; Exodus 10:18–19
- 34 Exodus 7:14; 2 Chronicles 28:22; Exodus 8:15; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Exodus 4:21
- 35 Exodus 4:21
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