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Exodus 9:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. "
Exodus 9:23
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
21 Whoever didn’t respect the LORD’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field.
22 The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out 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.”
23 Moses stretched out his rod toward the heavens, and the LORD sent thunder and hail; and lightning flashed down to the earth. The LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24 So there was very severe hail, and lightning mixed with the hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.
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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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