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 <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1">The Plague on Livestock</div><div class="p"> 1Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Go to Pharaoh and say to him, &#8216;This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: &#8220;Let my people go, so that they may worship me.&#8221; 2If you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them back, 3the hand of the Lord will bring a terrible plague on your livestock in the field&#8212;on your horses, donkeys and camels and on your cattle, sheep and goats. 4But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 5The Lord set a time and said, &#8220;Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.&#8221; 6And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died. 7Pharaoh investigated and found that not even one of the animals of the Israelites had died. Yet his heart was unyielding and he would not let the people go.</div><div class="s1">The Plague of Boils</div><div class="p"> 8Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, &#8220;Take handfuls of soot from a furnace and have Moses toss it into the air in the presence of Pharaoh. 9It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on people and animals throughout the land.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 10So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals. 11The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils that were on them and on all the Egyptians. 12But the Lord hardened Pharaoh&#8217;s heart and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said to Moses.</div><div class="s1">The Plague of Hail</div><div class="p"> 13Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Get up early in the morning, confront Pharaoh and say to him, &#8216;This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me, 14or this time I will send the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. 15For 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. 16But I have raised you up#9:16 Or have spared you for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. 17You still set yourself against my people and will not let them go. 18Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now. 19Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 20Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside. 21But those who ignored the word of the Lord left their slaves and livestock in the field.</div><div class="p"> 22Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt&#8212;on people and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.&#8221; 23When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt; 24hail fell and lightning flashed back and forth. It was the worst storm in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. 25Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields&#8212;both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree. 26The only place it did not hail was the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were.</div><div class="p"> 27Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. &#8220;This time I have sinned,&#8221; he said to them. &#8220;The Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong. 28Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don&#8217;t have to stay any longer.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 29Moses replied, &#8220;When I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands in prayer to the Lord. The thunder will stop and there will be no more hail, so you may know that the earth is the Lord&#8217;s. 30But I know that you and your officials still do not fear the Lord God.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 31(The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom. 32The wheat and spelt, however, were not destroyed, because they ripen later.)</div><div class="p"> 33Then Moses left Pharaoh and went out of the city. He spread out his hands toward the Lord; the thunder and hail stopped, and the rain no longer poured down on the land. 34When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts. 35So Pharaoh&#8217;s heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said through Moses.</div>
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 <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1">The Plague of Locusts</div><div class="p"> 1Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them 2that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, &#8220;This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: &#8216;How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. 5They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. 6They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians&#8212;something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.</div><div class="p"> 7Pharaoh&#8217;s officials said to him, &#8220;How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 8Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. &#8220;Go, worship the Lord your God,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But tell me who will be going.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 9Moses answered, &#8220;We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 10Pharaoh said, &#8220;The Lord be with you&#8212;if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.#10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you! 11No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that&#8217;s what you have been asking for.&#8221; Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh&#8217;s presence.</div><div class="p"> 12And the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 13So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; 14they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. 15They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left after the hail&#8212;everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.</div><div class="p"> 16Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, &#8220;I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 18Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. 19And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.#10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20But the Lord hardened Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go.</div><div class="s1">The Plague of Darkness</div><div class="p"> 21Then the Lord said to Moses, &#8220;Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt&#8212;darkness that can be felt.&#8221; 22So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days. 23No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.</div><div class="p"> 24Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, &#8220;Go, worship the Lord. Even your women and children may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 25But Moses said, &#8220;You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings to present to the Lord our God. 26Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 27But the Lord hardened Pharaoh&#8217;s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. 28Pharaoh said to Moses, &#8220;Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 29&#8220;Just as you say,&#8221; Moses replied. &#8220;I will never appear before you again.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="label">41</div><div class="q1"> # 41 In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26. 1&#8220;Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook</div><div class="q2">or tie down its tongue with a rope?</div><div class="q1"> 2Can you put a cord through its nose</div><div class="q2">or pierce its jaw with a hook?</div><div class="q1"> 3Will it keep begging you for mercy?</div><div class="q2">Will it speak to you with gentle words?</div><div class="q1"> 4Will it make an agreement with you</div><div class="q2">for you to take it as your slave for life?</div><div class="q1"> 5Can you make a pet of it like a bird</div><div class="q2">or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?</div><div class="q1"> 6Will traders barter for it?</div><div class="q2">Will they divide it up among the merchants?</div><div class="q1"> 7Can you fill its hide with harpoons</div><div class="q2">or its head with fishing spears?</div><div class="q1"> 8If you lay a hand on it,</div><div class="q2">you will remember the struggle and never do it again!</div><div class="q1"> 9Any hope of subduing it is false;</div><div class="q2">the mere sight of it is overpowering.</div><div class="q1"> 10No one is fierce enough to rouse it.</div><div class="q2">Who then is able to stand against me?</div><div class="q1"> 11Who has a claim against me that I must pay?</div><div class="q2">Everything under heaven belongs to me.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12&#8220;I will not fail to speak of Leviathan&#8217;s limbs,</div><div class="q2">its strength and its graceful form.</div><div class="q1"> 13Who can strip off its outer coat?</div><div class="q2">Who can penetrate its double coat of armor#41:13 Septuagint; Hebrew double bridle?</div><div class="q1"> 14Who dares open the doors of its mouth,</div><div class="q2">ringed about with fearsome teeth?</div><div class="q1"> 15Its back has#41:15 Or Its pride is its rows of shields</div><div class="q2">tightly sealed together;</div><div class="q1"> 16each is so close to the next</div><div class="q2">that no air can pass between.</div><div class="q1"> 17They are joined fast to one another;</div><div class="q2">they cling together and cannot be parted.</div><div class="q1"> 18Its snorting throws out flashes of light;</div><div class="q2">its eyes are like the rays of dawn.</div><div class="q1"> 19Flames stream from its mouth;</div><div class="q2">sparks of fire shoot out.</div><div class="q1"> 20Smoke pours from its nostrils</div><div class="q2">as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.</div><div class="q1"> 21Its breath sets coals ablaze,</div><div class="q2">and flames dart from its mouth.</div><div class="q1"> 22Strength resides in its neck;</div><div class="q2">dismay goes before it.</div><div class="q1"> 23The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;</div><div class="q2">they are firm and immovable.</div><div class="q1"> 24Its chest is hard as rock,</div><div class="q2">hard as a lower millstone.</div><div class="q1"> 25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;</div><div class="q2">they retreat before its thrashing.</div><div class="q1"> 26The sword that reaches it has no effect,</div><div class="q2">nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.</div><div class="q1"> 27Iron it treats like straw</div><div class="q2">and bronze like rotten wood.</div><div class="q1"> 28Arrows do not make it flee;</div><div class="q2">slingstones are like chaff to it.</div><div class="q1"> 29A club seems to it but a piece of straw;</div><div class="q2">it laughs at the rattling of the lance.</div><div class="q1"> 30Its undersides are jagged potsherds,</div><div class="q2">leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.</div><div class="q1"> 31It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron</div><div class="q2">and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.</div><div class="q1"> 32It leaves a glistening wake behind it;</div><div class="q2">one would think the deep had white hair.</div><div class="q1"> 33Nothing on earth is its equal&#8212;</div><div class="q2">a creature without fear.</div><div class="q1"> 34It looks down on all that are haughty;</div><div class="q2">it is king over all that are proud.&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1">Job</div><div class="p"> 1Then Job replied to the Lord:</div><div class="q1"> 2&#8220;I know that you can do all things;</div><div class="q2">no purpose of yours can be thwarted.</div><div class="q1"> 3You asked, &#8216;Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?&#8217;</div><div class="q2">Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,</div><div class="q2">things too wonderful for me to know.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4&#8220;You said, &#8216;Listen now, and I will speak;</div><div class="q2">I will question you,</div><div class="q2">and you shall answer me.&#8217;</div><div class="q1"> 5My ears had heard of you</div><div class="q2">but now my eyes have seen you.</div><div class="q1"> 6Therefore I despise myself</div><div class="q2">and repent in dust and ashes.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">Epilogue</div><div class="p"> 7After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, &#8220;I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.&#8221; 9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job&#8217;s prayer.</div><div class="p"> 10After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver#42:11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value. and a gold ring.</div><div class="p"> 12The Lord blessed the latter part of Job&#8217;s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job&#8217;s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.</div><div class="p"> 16After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17And so Job died, an old man and full of years.</div>
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