9:1 Then YHWH (יהוה) said unto Mosheh:
Go in unto Paroh, and tell him
Thus saith YHWH (יהוה) Elohim of the Ivrim:
Let my people go, that they may serve Me.
9:2 For if thou refuse to let [them] go, and wilt hold them still,
9:3
Hinei, the hand of YHWH (יהוה) is upon thy cattle which [is]
in the field, upon the horses, upon the donkeys, upon the camels,
upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: [there shall be] a very
grievous murrain
(
).
9:4 And YHWH (יהוה) shall sever between the cattle of Yisrael and the cattle of Mitzrayim: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children's of Yisrael.
9:5 And YHWH (יהוה) appointed a set time, saying:
Tomorrow YHWH (יהוה) shall do this thing in the eretz.
9:6 And YHWH (יהוה) did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Mitzrayim died: but of the cattle of the benai Yisrael died not one.
9:7 And Paroh sent, and, Hinnei, there was not one of the cattle of the Yisraelites dead. And the lev of Paroh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
9:8 And YHWH (יהוה) said unto Mosheh and unto Aharon:
Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Mosheh sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Paroh.
9:9 And it shall become small dust in kol ha eretz Mitzrayim, and shall be a boil breaking forth [with] blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout kol ha eretz Mitzrayim.
9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Paroh; and Mosheh sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth [with] blains upon man, and upon beast.
9:11 And the magicians could not stand before Mosheh because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Mitzrites.
9:12 And YHWH (יהוה) hardened the lev of Paroh, and he hearkened not unto them; as YHWH (יהוה) had spoken unto Mosheh.
9:13 And YHWH (יהוה) said unto Mosheh:
Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Paroh, and say unto him, Thus saith YHWH (יהוה) Elohim of the Ivrim, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
9:14 For I will at this time send all My plagues upon thine lev, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like me in kol ha aretz
9:15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
9:16 And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee MY POWER; and that MY NAME may be declared throughout kol ha eretz
9:17(vii) As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
9:18 Hinei, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous barad (hail), such as hath not been in Mitzrayim since the foundation thereof even until now.
9:19 Send therefore now, [and] gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; [for upon] every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the barad (hail) shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
9:20 He that feared the word of YHWH (יהוה) among the servants of Paroh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
9:21 And he that regarded not Dvar YHWH (יהוה) left his servants and his cattle in the field.
9:22 And YHWH (יהוה) said unto Mosheh:
Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be barad (hail) in kol ha eretz Mitzrayim, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout Ha eretz Mitzrayim.
9:23 And Mosheh stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and YHWH (יהוה) sent thunder and barad (hail), and the fire ran along upon the ground; and YHWH (יהוה) rained barad (hail) upon Ha eretz Mitzrayim.
9:24 So there was barad (hail), and fire mingled with the barad (hail), very grievous, such as there was none like it in kol ha eretz Mitzrayim since it became a nation.
9:25 And the barad (hail) smote throughout kol ha eretz Mitzrayim all that [was] in the field, both man and beast; and the barad (hail) smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
9:26 Only in the eretz of Goshen, where the benai Yisrael [were], was there no barad (hail).
9:27 And Paroh sent, and called for Mosheh and Aharon, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: YHWH (יהוה) HaTzaddik, and I and my people haresha'im ( are wicked).
9:28 Intreat YHWH (יהוה) (for [it is] enough) that there be no [more] mighty thunderings and barad (hail); and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
9:29 And Mosheh said unto him:
As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto YHWH; [and] the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more barad (hail); that thou mayest know how that the earth [is] YHWH'S.
9:30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear YHWH (יהוה) Elohim.
9:31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley [was] in the ear, and the flax [was] bolled.
9:32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they [were] not grown up.
9:33 (Maftir) And Mosheh went out of the city from Paroh, and spread abroad his hands unto YHWH: and the thunders and barad (hail) ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
9:34 And when Paroh saw that the rain and the barad (hail) and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his lev, he and his servants.
9:35 And the lev of Paroh was hardened, neither would he let the benai Yisrael go; as YHWH (יהוה) had spoken by Mosheh.
Dever
- murrain (Pronounced "mur'in") is a highly infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It literally means "disease"
meaning plague or pestilence. This plague is a dreaded disease similar to the
bubonic plague in the Middle Ages. It was likely carried by rat fleas and produced
tumors on the infected person. Shemuel Alef 5-6 describes the plague on
the Phishlim as a punishment from God. The word is also used as the most dreaded
threat of the Lord against His people (Vayikra 26:25; Bamidbar 14:12). The Neviim use
this word frequently to predict coming judgment and destruction as in the common
phrase, sword, famine, and plague (Yirmeyahu 21:9; Yirmeyahu 38:2; Yechekiel
6:11).