Exodus 9:13-26

13Then the Lord said to Moses, “Early in the morning, go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord God of the Hebrews says: Let my people go to worship me.

14Now I will send plagues that will affect you personally as well as your officials and people. This is how you will know that there is no one like me anywhere on earth.

15By now I could have used my power to kill you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.

16But I have spared you for this reason. I want to show you my power and make my name famous throughout the earth.

17You are still blocking my people from leaving.

18So, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever happened in Egypt since the beginning of its history.

19Now, send ⌞servants⌟ to bring your livestock and everything else you have indoors. All people and animals still outside and not brought in will die when the hail falls on them.’ ”

20Those members of Pharaoh’s court who listened to the Lord’s warning brought their servants and cattle indoors quickly.

21But those who didn’t take the Lord’s warning seriously left their servants and animals out in the open.

22Then the Lord said to Moses, “Lift your hand toward the sky, and hail will fall on people, animals, and every plant in the fields of Egypt.”

23When Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the Lord made it hail on Egypt.

24It hailed, and lightning flashed while it hailed. This was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation.

25All over Egypt the hail knocked down everything that was out in the open. It struck down people, animals, and every plant in the fields and destroyed every tree in the fields.

26The only place it didn’t hail was the region of Goshen, where the Israelites lived.