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Exodus 9:31 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley had ripened and the flax was blooming. "
Exodus 9:31
Verse in Context
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29 Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.
30 But as for you and your servants, I know that you don’t yet fear the LORD God.”
31 The flax and the barley were struck, for the barley had ripened and the flax was blooming.
32 But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they had not grown up.
33 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on 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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