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7. Then God sent a plague on the cattle, which destroyed
tlie best part of tho flocks and herds of the Egyptiu~s, but
ep"red those of thc Israelites. Etill Pharao rvould not subnit.
Then lfoses was ordered by God to take handfuls of
ashes fronl tl~c cliiiinley :nid nprirlkle it jn the air h the prescnce
of Pliarao. Forthwitlz the P!gyptiuns were covered wit11
boils and swelling blains. But even &is did not soften Phar;~o's
heart.
8, Then again i+Ioses stretched forth his rod towards hcavcn,
nnd thc Lord sent down tbnndcr nntl Ilnil, nnd Iiglit~~ing
running along tl~a ground; and tllc l~nil, mixcd with firc,
drovc on and s~note evcry herb of the field and eveyy tree of
the eonntry, and lrilled cvcry man and beast that were jn
the open fieldu. None of it fcll, however, in the land of Gessen,
~vliere tht! chilcli4cn of Israel cl welt. Mlarw called hloses
zmd At~ron, nncl saicl : 'L I 11nve sinned illis tinie dso. Pray
ye thc llord that thc tlluacler rnay ceasc, and that I ntny lot
you go." But when, at the prayer of lloses, the hail had
ceased, the Icing broke his promise, and his heart became
exceedingly hard.
9. Then the Lord sent o, burning wind, ~vhiclz blew dl that
clay and 11iglit ; and in the morning thc locusts came, ancl they
c!overt?d the tvhnle fncc of the cnrth and wasted all things,
1.1evoming tlia gmss of the earth and w\.hntever fruits the hail
lracl lelL; sncl tliere remained not anything that was green,
either on the trees or in the herbs, in all Egypl. Therefore,
Pharao in haste callcd Moses and Aaron, saying : '' Forgivc
me lny sin this time also, and pray to the Tlord your God,
that Hc takc nwny from me thi~ dea.th." Moscs prayed to
tlie Lorcl, and the Lord sent a very strong wind from the
west, which took tlie locusts and throw them into the Red
Sea. This time, again, Phnrno hardened his llenrt.
10. Then Moses stretchet1 forth his hnnd tulr7:~rds hcnven,
nnd tliorc cniue LL horrible dwkncss in a11 the 1a11d of Rgypt for
tllrec cln~s. No man SRII~ his brother, nor movad himself out
of the place where hc was. But where the children of Israel