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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 NLT</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" /></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="../">NLT</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 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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/exodus/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">A Plague against Livestock</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>the hand of the LORD will strike all your livestock—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats—with a deadly plague. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The LORD has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the land tomorrow.’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> and he still refused to let the people go.</p><p class="hdg">A Plague of Festering Boils</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Even the magicians were unable to stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and all the Egyptians. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and just as the LORD had predicted to Moses, Pharaoh refused to listen.</p><p class="hdg">A Plague of Hail</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If you don’t, I will send more plagues on you<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> and your officials and your people. Then you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But I have spared you for a purpose—to show you my power<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and to spread my fame throughout the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So tomorrow at this time I will send a hailstorm more devastating than any in all the history of Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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.’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But those who paid no attention to the word of the LORD left theirs out in the open.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Never in all the history of Egypt had there been a storm like that, with such devastating hail and continuous lightning. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>(All the flax and barley were ruined by the hail, because the barley had formed heads and the flax was budding. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>But the wheat and the emmer wheat were spared, because they had not yet sprouted from the ground.)</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he and his officials sinned again, and Pharaoh again became stubborn.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/9-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the LORD had predicted through Moses.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">heavy.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">on your heart.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:16 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">to display my power in you;</span><span class="ft"> compare Rom 9:17.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">9:34 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">made his heart heavy.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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