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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 9 BSB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap//exodus/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">BSB</a> > Exodus 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/8.htm" title="Exodus 8">◄</a> Exodus 9 <a href="../exodus/10.htm" title="Exodus 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/exodus/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Fifth Plague: Livestock<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.’” <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The LORD set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD will do this in the land.” <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Pharaoh sent officials and found that none of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and he would not let the people go. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Sixth Plague: Boils<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from the furnace; in the sight of Pharaoh, Moses is to toss it into the air. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the LORD hardened<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said to Moses. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">The Seventh Plague: Hail<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I have raised you up<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Still, you lord it over My people and do not allow them to go. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’” <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt—on man and beast and every plant of the field throughout the land of Egypt.” <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The only place where it did not hail was in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.” <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.” <A name="32"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom; <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>but the wheat and spelt were not destroyed, because they are late crops.) <A name="34"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Then Moses departed from Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. The thunder and hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the land. <A name="35"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials. <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>made heavy</i>; also in verse 34<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>stiffened</i> or <i>strengthened</i>; also in verse 35<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Hebrew <i>against your heart</i> or <i>against your inner man</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>have spared you</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> LXX <i>in you</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Cited in <a href="../romans/9.htm#17">Romans 9:17</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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