Exodus Chapter 9
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And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.
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And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
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And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us?
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We will go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us.
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And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me.
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And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.
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And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah.
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And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.
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And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.
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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.
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For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,
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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:
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there shall be a very grievous murrain.
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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.
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And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
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And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
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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.
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Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field;
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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.
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He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
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and he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field.
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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.
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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.
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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.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith Jehovah theGod of the Hebrews: Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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For if thou refuse to let them go, and shalt retain them still,
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behold, the hand of Jehovah shall be on thy cattle which is in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the oxen and on the sheep, with a very grievous plague.
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And Jehovah will distinguish between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that the children of Israel have.
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And Jehovah appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow will Jehovah do this thing in the land.
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And Jehovah did this thing on the following day, and all the cattle of Egypt died; but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
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And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
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And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Take to yourselves handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh.
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And it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall become boils on man and on cattle, breaking out [with] blisters, throughout the land of Egypt.
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And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it toward the heavens; and it became boils [with] blisters breaking out on man and on cattle.
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And the scribes could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians.
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And Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, and he did not hearken to them, as Jehovah had told Moses.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and set thyself before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, theGod of the Hebrews: Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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For I will at this time send all my plagues to thy heart, and on thy bondmen, and on thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
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For now shall I put forth my hand, and I will smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
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And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth.
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Dost thou still exalt thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
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Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since its foundation until now.
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And now send, [and] secure thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field: all the men and the cattle that are found in the field, and are not brought home — on them the hail shall come down, and they shall die.
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He that feared the word of Jehovah among the bondmen of Pharaoh made his bondmen and his cattle flee into the houses.
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But he that did not regard the word of Jehovah left his bondmen and his cattle in the field.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail throughout the land of Egypt, upon men, and upon cattle, and upon every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.
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And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
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And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
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And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both men and cattle; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
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Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
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And Pharaoh sent, and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: Jehovah is the righteous [one], but I and my people are the wicked [ones].
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Intreat Jehovah that it may be enough, that there be no more thunder ofGod and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer!
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And Moses said to him, When I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to Jehovah: the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's.
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But as to thee and thy bondmen, I know that ye do not yet fear Jehovah Elohim.
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And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
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But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they were not come out into ear.
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And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to Jehovah; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not [any more] poured on the earth.
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And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, and he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he, and his bondmen.
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And the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, neither would he let the children of Israel go, as Jehovah had spoken by Moses.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharao, and thou shalt say to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews; Send my people away that they may serve me.
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If however thou wilt not send my people away, but yet detainest them:
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behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality.
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And I will make a marvellous distinction in that time between the cattle of the Egyptians, and the cattle of the children of Israel: nothing shall die of all that is of the children's of Israel.
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And God fixed a limit, saying, To-morrow the Lord will do this thing on the land.
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And the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the cattle of the Egyptians died, but of the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one.
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And when Pharao saw, that of all the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one, the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, Take you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward heaven before Pharao, and before his servants.
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And let it become dust over all the land of Egypt, and there shall be upon men and upon beasts sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts, in all the land of Egypt.
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So he took of the ashes of the furnace before Pharao, and Moses scattered it toward heaven, and it became sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts.
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And the sorcerers could not stand before Moses because of the sores, for the sores were on the sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt.
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And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord appointed.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharao; and thou shalt say to him, These things saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Send away my people that they may serve me.
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For at this present time do I send forth all my plagues into thine heart, and the heart of thy servants and of thy people; that thou mayest know that there is not another such as I in all the earth.
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For now I will stretch forth my hand and smite thee and kill thy people, and thou shalt be consumed from off the earth.
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And for this purpose hast thou been preserved, that I might display in thee my strength, and that my name might be published in all the earth.
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Dost thou then yet exert thyself to hinder my people, so as not to let them go?
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Behold, to-morrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day.
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Now then hasten to gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the fields; for all the men and cattle as many as shall be found in the fields, and shall not enter into a house, (but the hail shall fall upon them,) shall die.
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He of the servants of Pharao that feared the word of the Lord, gathered his cattle into the houses.
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And he that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in the fields.
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And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out thine hand to heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbage on the land.
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And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt.
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So there was hail and flaming fire mingled with hail; and the hail was very great, such as was not in Egypt, from the time there was a nation upon it.
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And the hail smote in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail smote all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field.
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Only in the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, the hail was not.
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And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord [is] righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
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Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and ye shall remain no longer.
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And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that thou mayest know that the earth [is] the Lord's.
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But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye have not yet feared the Lord.
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And the flax and the barley were smitten, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding.
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But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were late.
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And Moses went forth from Pharao out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth.
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And when Pharao saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and [he] hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants.
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And the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not send forth the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen: Ingredere ad Pharaonem, et loquere ad eum: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Hebræorum: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi.
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Quod si adhuc renuis, et retines eos:
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ecce manus mea erit super agros tuos: et super equos, et asinos, et camelos, et boves, et oves, pestis valde gravis.
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Et faciet Dominus mirabile inter possessiones Israel, et possessiones Ægyptiorum, ut nihil omnino pereat ex eis quæ pertinent ad filios Israel.
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Constituitque Dominus tempus, dicens: Cras faciet Dominus verbum istud in terra.
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Fecit ergo Dominus verbum hoc altera die: mortuaque sunt omnia animantia Ægyptiorum: de animalibus vero filiorum Israel nihil omnino periit.
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Et misit Pharao ad videndum: nec erat quidquam mortuum de his quæ possidebat Israel. Ingravatumque est cor Pharaonis, et non dimisit populum.
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Et dixit Dominus ad Moysen, et Aaron: Tollite plenas manus cineris de camino, et spargat illum Moyses in cælum coram Pharaone.
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Sitque pulvis super omnem Terram Ægypti: erunt enim in hominibus, et iumentis ulcera, et vesicæ turgentes in universa terra Ægypti.
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Tuleruntque cinerem de camino, et steterunt coram Pharaone, et sparsit illum Moyses in cælum: factaque sunt ulcera vesicarum turgentium in hominibus, et iumentis:
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nec poterant malefici stare coram Moyse propter ulcera quæ in illis erant, et in omni Terra Ægypti:
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Induravitque Dominus cor Pharaonis, et non audivit eos, sicut locutus est Dominus ad Moysen.
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Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Mane consurge, et sta coram Pharaone, et dices ad eum: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Hebræorum: Dimitte populum meum ut sacrificet mihi.
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Quia in hac vice mittam omnes plagas meas super cor tuum, et super servos tuos, et super populum tuum: ut scias quod non sit similis mei in omni terra.
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Nunc enim extendens manum percutiam te, et populum tuum peste, peribisque de terra.
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Idcirco autem posui te, ut ostendam in te fortitudinem meam, et narretur nomen meum in omni terra.
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Adhuc retines populum meum: et non vis dimittere eum?
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En pluam cras hac ipsa hora grandinem multam nimis, qualis non fuit in Ægypto a die qua fundata est, usque in præsens tempus.
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Mitte ergo iam nunc, et congrega iumenta tua, et omnia quæ habes in agro: homines enim, et iumenta, et universa quæ inventa fuerint foris, nec congregata de agris, cecideritque super ea grando, morientur.
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Qui timuit verbum Domini de servis Pharaonis, facit confugere servos suos, et iumenta in domos:
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qui autem neglexit sermonem Domini, dimisit servos suos, et iumenta in agris.
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Et dixit Dominus ad Moysen: Extende manum tuam in cælum, ut fiat grando in universa Terra Ægypti super homines, et super iumenta, et super omnem herbam agri in Terra Ægypti.
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Extenditque Moyses virgam in cælum, et Dominus dedit tonitrua, et grandinem, ac discurrentia fulgura super terram: pluitque Dominus grandinem super Terram Ægypti.
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Et grando et ignis mista pariter ferebantur: tantæque fuit magnitudinis, quanta ante numquam apparuit in universa Terra Ægypti ex quo gens illa condita est.
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Et percussit grando in omni Terra Ægypti cuncta quæ fuerunt in agris, ab homine usque ad iumentum: cunctamque herbam agri percussit grando, et omne lignum regionis confregit.
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Tantum in Terra Gessen, ubi erant filii Israel, grando non cecidit.
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Misitque Pharao, et vocavit Moysen et Aaron, dicens ad eos: Peccavi etiam nunc: Dominus iustus: ego et populus meus, impii.
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Orate Dominum ut desinant tonitrua Dei, et grando: ut dimittam vos, et nequaquam hic ultra maneatis.
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Ait Moyses: Cum egressus fuero de urbe, extendam palmas meas ad Dominum, et cessabunt tonitrua, et grando non erit: ut scias quia Domini est terra:
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novi autem quod et tu, et servi tui necdum timeatis Dominum Deum.
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Linum ergo, et hordeum læsum est, eo quod hordeum esset virens, et linum iam folliculos germinaret:
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triticum autem, et far non sunt læsa, quia serotina erant.
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Egressusque Moyses a Pharaone ex urbe, tetendit manus ad Dominum: et cessaverunt tonitrua et grando, nec ultra stillavit pluvia super terram.
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Videns autem Pharao quod cessasset pluvia, et grando et tonitrua, auxit peccatum:
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et ingravatum est cor eius, et servorum illius, et induratum nimis: nec dimisit filios Israel, sicut præceperat Dominus per manum Moysi.
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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
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behold, the LORD’s hand is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.
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The LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”’”
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The LORD appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.”
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The LORD did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
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Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn’t let the people go.
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The LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
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It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be boils and blisters breaking out on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt.”
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They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became boils and blisters breaking out on man and on animal.
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The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
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The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
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The LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
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For now I would have stretched out my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth;
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but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth,
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because you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won’t let them go.
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Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.
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Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. The hail will come down on every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn’t brought home, and they will die.”’”
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Those who feared the LORD’s word among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
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Whoever didn’t respect the LORD’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field.
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The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”
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Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.
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So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
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The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
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Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
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Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
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Pray to the LORD; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.”
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Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
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But as for you and your servants, I know that you don’t yet fear the LORD God.”
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The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley had ripened and the flax was blooming.
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But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up.
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Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.
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When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders had ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
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The heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh, and thou hast spoken unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Send My people away, and they serve me,
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for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them,
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lo, the hand of Jehovah is on thy cattle which <FI>are<Fi> in the field, on horses, on asses, on camels, on herd, and on flock--a pestilence very grievous.
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`And Jehovah hath separated between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt, and there doth not die a thing of all the sons of Israel's;
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and Jehovah setteth an appointed time, saying, To-morrow doth Jehovah do this thing in the land.'
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And Jehovah doth this thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt die, and of the cattle of the sons of Israel not one hath died;
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and Pharaoh sendeth, and lo, not even one of the cattle of Israel hath died, and the heart of Pharaoh is hard, and he hath not sent the people away.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses and unto Aaron, `Take to you the fulness of your hands <FI>of<Fi> soot of a furnace, and Moses hath sprinkled it towards the heavens, before the eyes of Pharaoh,
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and it hath become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and it hath become on man and on cattle a boil breaking forth <FI>with<Fi> blains, in all the land of Egypt.'
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And they take the soot of the furnace, and stand before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkleth it towards the heavens, and it is a boil <FI>with<Fi> blains, breaking forth, on man and on beast;
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and the scribes have not been able to stand before Moses, because of the boil, for the boil hath been on the scribes, and on all the Egyptians.
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And Jehovah strengtheneth the heart of Pharaoh, and he hath not hearkened unto them, as Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Rise early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Send My people away, and they serve Me,
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for, at this time I am sending all My plagues unto thy heart, and on thy servants, and on thy people, so that thou knowest that there is none like Me in all the earth,
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for now I have put forth My hand, and I smite thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou art hidden from the earth.
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`And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;
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still thou art exalting thyself against My people--so as not to send them away;
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lo, I am raining about <FI>this<Fi> time to-morrow hail very grievous, such as hath not been in Egypt, even from the day of its being founded, even until now.
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`And, now, send, strengthen thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field; every man and beast which is found in the field, and is not gathered into the house--come down on them hath the hail, and they have died.'
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He who is fearing the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh hath caused his servants and his cattle to flee unto the houses;
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and he who hath not set his heart unto the word of Jehovah leaveth his servants and his cattle in the field.
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And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch forth thy hand towards the heavens, and there is hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on beast, and on every herb of the field in the land of Egypt.'
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And Moses stretcheth out his rod towards the heavens, and Jehovah hath given voices and hail, and fire goeth towards the earth, and Jehovah raineth hail on the land of Egypt,
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and there is hail, and fire catching itself in the midst of the hail, very grievous, such as hath not been in all the land of Egypt since it hath become a nation.
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And the hail smiteth in all the land of Egypt all that <FI>is<Fi> in the field, from man even unto beast, and every herb of the field hath the hail smitten, and every tree of the field it hath broken;
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only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel <FI>are<Fi> , there hath been no hail.
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And Pharaoh sendeth, and calleth for Moses and for Aaron, and saith unto them, `I have sinned this time, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the Righteous, and I and my people <FI>are<Fi> the Wicked,
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make ye supplication unto Jehovah, and plead that there be no voices of God and hail, and I send you away, and ye add not to remain.'
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And Moses saith unto him, `At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah--the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah's;
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but thou and thy servants--I have known that ye are not yet afraid of the face of Jehovah God.'
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And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley <FI>is<Fi> budding, and the flax forming flowers,
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and the wheat and the rye have not been smitten, for they are late.
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And Moses goeth out from Pharaoh, <FI>from<Fi> the city, and spreadeth his hands unto Jehovah, and the voices and the hail cease, and rain hath not been poured out to the earth;
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and Pharaoh seeth that the rain hath ceased, and the hail and the voices, and he continueth to sin, and hardeneth his heart, he and his servants;
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and the heart of Pharaoh is strong, and he hath not sent the sons of Israel away, as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).