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Exodus 9:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moses. "
Exodus 9:12
Verse in Context
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10 They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became boils and blisters breaking out on man and on animal.
11 The magicians couldn’t stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
12 The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he didn’t listen to them, as the LORD had spoken to Moses.
13 The LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.
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 no one like me in all the earth.
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Exodus 9:1
"Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me."
Exodus 9:2
"For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,"
Exodus 9:3
"behold, the LORD’s hand 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."
Exodus 9:4
"The LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”’”"
Exodus 9:5
"The LORD appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.”"
Exodus 9:6
"The LORD 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."
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