Exodus 9:13-35 The Plague of Hail
The Lord told Moses to get up early in the morning and go to Pharaoh. He was to tell Pharaoh once again to let his people go. If the pharaoh did not let his people go he would send a plague that would affect the people.
Exodus 9:15-16
For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth. But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
God said that he would hit them with the worst hail storm ever. God gave the first stay at home order. God told the people to bring in all their animals and people. Anyone that was still out of shelter would die. Those who feared the Lord brought in everything they had into shelter, others did not believe and they left everything out in the fields.
The Lord told Moses to stretch your hand to the sky and all of the hail will fall on all of Egypt. Moses did as the Lord told him. Hail fell and a large storm started. The hail destroyed men, animals, fields, and stripped the trees. The hail did not fall on the Israelites. Pharaoh once again saw what he had done
Exodus 9:27-28
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said to them. “The LORD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. Pray to the LORD, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.”
Moses said that when they had left he would pray. Moses did as he said he would do and the hail storm stopped. And then Pharaoh did what he always did:
Exodus 9:34-35
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the LORD had said through Moses.
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