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Book of Exodus 77

23 And Moses stretched forth his rod towards sin:
heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and 35 And his heart was hardened, and the heart
lightnings running along the ground: and the of his servants, and it was made exceeding hard:
Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. neither did he let the children of Israel go, as the
24 And the hail and fire mixt with it drove on Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
together: and it was of so great bigness, as never
before was seen in the whole land of Egypt since
that nation was founded. Chapter 10
25 And the hail destroyed through all the land
of Egypt all things that were in the fields, both And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao;
man and beast: and the hail smote every herb of for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of
his servants: that I may work these my signs in
the field, and it broke every tree of the country.
26 Only in the land of Gessen, where the chil- him,
dren of Israel were, the hail fell not. 2 And thou mayst tell in the ears of thy sons,
27 And Pharao sent and called Moses and and of thy grandsons, how often I have plagued
Aaron, saying to them: I have sinned this time the Egyptians, and wrought my signs amongst
also, the Lord is just: I and my people, are them: and you may know that I am the Lord.
wicked. 3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to
28 Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord
of God and the hail may cease: that I may let God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to
you go, and that ye may stay here no longer. submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to
29 Moses said: As soon as I am gone out of the me.
city, I will stretch forth my hands to the Lord, 4 But if thou resist, and wilt not let them go,
and the thunders shall cease, and the hail shall behold I will bring in to-morrow the locusts into
be no more: that thou mayst know that the earth thy coasts;
is the Lord’s: 5 To cover the face of the earth, that nothing
30 But I know that neither thou, nor thy ser- thereof may appear, but that which the hail hath
vants do yet fear the Lord God. left may be eaten: for they shall feed upon all the
31 The flax therefore, and the barley were trees that spring in the fields.
hurt, because the barley was green, and the flax 6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses
was now bolled; of thy servants, and of all the Egyptians: such
32 But the wheat, and other winter corn were a number as thy fathers have not seen, nor thy
not hurt, because they were lateward. grandfathers, from the time they were first upon
33 And when Moses was gone from Pharao the earth, until this present day. And he turned
out of the city, he stretched forth his hands to himself away, and went forth from Pharao.
the Lord: and the thunders and the hail ceased, 7 And Pharao’s servants said to him: How
neither did there drop any more rain upon the long shall we endure this scandal? Iet the men
earth. go to sacrifice to the Lord their God. Dost thou
34 And Pharao seeing that the rain, and the not see that Egypt is undone?
hail, and the thunders were ceased, increased his 8 And they called back Moses, and Aaron, to