Verse 2

Exodus 9:2

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2 If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֛י אִם מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לְ/שַׁלֵּ֑חַ וְ/עוֹדְ/ךָ֖ מַחֲזִ֥יק בָּֽ/ם

English Translation

For if you refuse to send away, and you still hold on to them.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 “Go back to Pharaoh,” the LORD commanded Moses. “Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

2 If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,

3 the hand of the LORD will strike all your livestock — your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, a... Focus ↗

4 But the LORD will again make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the E... Focus ↗

5 The LORD has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the l... Focus ↗

6 And the LORD did just as he had said. The next morning all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but... Focus ↗

7 Pharaoh sent his officials to investigate, and they discovered that the Israelites had not lost a si... Focus ↗

8 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln, and have Moses toss... Focus ↗

9 The ashes will spread like fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, causing festering boils to break... Focus ↗

10 So they took soot from a brick kiln and went and stood before Pharaoh. As Pharaoh watched, Moses thr... Focus ↗

11 Even the magicians were unable to stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and a... Focus ↗

12 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and just as the LORD had predicted to Moses, Pharaoh refused... Focus ↗

13 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Tell him, ‘This... Focus ↗

14 If you don’t, I will send more plagues on you and your officials and your people. Then you will know... Focus ↗

15 By now I could have lifted my hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the... Focus ↗

16 But I have spared you for a purpose — to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the eart... Focus ↗

17 But you still lord it over my people and refuse to let them go. Focus ↗

18 So tomorrow at this time I will send a hailstorm more devastating than any in all the history of Egy... Focus ↗

19 Quick! Order your livestock and servants to come in from the fields to find shelter. Any person or a... Focus ↗

20 Some of Pharaoh’s officials were afraid because of what the LORD had said. They quickly brought thei... Focus ↗

21 But those who paid no attention to the word of the LORD left theirs out in the open. Focus ↗

22 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky so hail may fall on the people, the live... Focus ↗

23 So Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed... Focus ↗

24 Never in all the history of Egypt had there been a storm like that, with such devastating hail and c... Focus ↗

25 It left all of Egypt in ruins. The hail struck down everything in the open field — people, animals,... Focus ↗

26 The only place without hail was the region of Goshen, where the people of Israel lived. Focus ↗

27 Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he confessed. “The LORD is... Focus ↗

28 Please beg the LORD to end this terrifying thunder and hail. We’ve had enough. I will let you go; yo... Focus ↗

29 “All right,” Moses replied. “As soon as I leave the city, I will lift my hands and pray to the LORD.... Focus ↗

30 But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the LORD God (Elohim).” Focus ↗

31 (All the flax and barley were ruined by the hail, because the barley had formed heads and the flax w... Focus ↗

32 But the wheat and the emmer wheat were spared, because they had not yet sprouted from the ground.) Focus ↗

33 So Moses left Pharaoh’s court and went out of the city. When he lifted his hands to the LORD, the th... Focus ↗

34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had stopped, he and his officials sinned again... Focus ↗

35 Because his heart was hard, Pharaoh refused to let the people leave, just as the LORD had predicted... Focus ↗

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Book: Exodus
Chapter: Chapter 9 (35 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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