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And it came to pass that YHVHa said unto Moses: Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him: Thus saith YHVH, Elohimb 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 upon thine 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 will stretch out my handa, that I may smite thee and thy people with a plague; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
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And in very deed, for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth;
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Therefore, speak unto Pharaoh the thing which I have command thee, who as yet exalteth himself that he will not let them go.
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And behold, tomorrow about this time, I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof, even until now.
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Send, therefore, now and gather thy herdsa and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man, woman, and beast which 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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¶ And it came to pass that Moses spoke unto Pharaoh, even all that he was told to say, and the Word of YHVHa was heard through Aaron, the mouthpieceb of Moses;
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And that they that feared the Word of YHVH among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses, and they that regarded not the Word of YHVH left his servants and his cattle in the field.
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¶ And it came to pass that YHVH said unto Moses: Stretch forth thine hand toward heavens, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and woman, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field throughout the land of Egypt.
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And Moses stretched forth his roda toward heaven; and YHVH sent thunder and hail, and the fireb ran along upon the ground; and YHVH rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
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And so there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
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And the hail smote Egypt throughout all the land; all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field and brake every tree of the field.
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And it came to pass that only in the land of Goshen, where Israel did dwell, was there no hail.
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¶ And it came to pass that Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron and said unto them: I have sinned this time; YHVH is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
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Entreat your Elohim, even YHVH, that it is enough, that there will be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
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And Moses said unto him: As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto YHVH; and the thunder shall cease; neither shall there be anymore hail, that thou mayest know how that the belongeth to YHVH.
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But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear YHVH Elohima.
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And when Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh and spread abroad his hands unto YHVH; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
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And when Pharaoh saw that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
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And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened; neither would he let Israel go, even as YHVH had spoken by His mouthpiece, Moses.