[8:25] Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land!"
[8:26] Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Yahweh our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us? [8:27] We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."
[8:28] Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to Yahweh your God in the wilderness, only you shall not go very far away. Pray for me."
[8:29] Moses said, "Behold, I go out from you, and I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don't let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh." [8:30] Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh. [8:31] Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one. [8:32] Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn't let the people go.
[9:1] Then Yahweh said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. [9:2] For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still, [9:3] behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence. [9:4] Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'" [9:5] Yahweh appointed a set time, saying, "Tomorrow Yahweh shall do this thing in the land." [9:6] Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died. [9:7] Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn't let the people go.
[9:8] Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. [9:9] It shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal, throughout all the land of Egypt."
[9:10] They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal. [9:11] The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians. [9:12] Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn't listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
[9:13] Yahweh said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me. [9:14] For this time I will send all my plagues against your heart, against your officials, and against your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. [9:15] For now I would have put forth my hand, and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth; [9:16] but indeed for this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth; [9:17] as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go. [9:18] Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. [9:19] Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"
[9:20] Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses. [9:21] Whoever didn't regard the word of Yahweh left his servants and his livestock in the field.
[9:22] Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on animal, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."