13. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Get up in the morning and go to Pharaoh. Tell him that the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘Let my people go to worship me!
14. This time, I will use my full power against you, your officials, and your people. Then you will know that there is no god in the world like me.
15. I could use my power and cause a disease that would wipe you and your people off the earth.
16. But I have put you here for a reason. I have put you here so that I could show you my power. Then people all over the world will learn about me!
17. You are still against my people. You are not letting them go free.
18. So at this time tomorrow, I will cause a very bad hailstorm. There has never been a hailstorm like this in Egypt, not since Egypt became a nation.
19. Now, you must put your animals in a safe place. Everything you own that is now in the fields must be put in a safe place. Any person or animal that remains in the fields will be killed. The hail will fall on everything that is not gathered into your houses.’”
20. Some of Pharaoh’s officials paid attention to the Lord’S message. They quickly put all of their animals and slaves into houses.
21. But other people ignored the Lord’S message and lost all their slaves and animals that were in the fields.
22. The Lord told Moses, “Raise your hand into the air and the hail will start falling all over Egypt. The hail will fall on all the people, animals, and plants in all the fields of Egypt.”
23. So Moses raised his walking stick into the air, and the Lord sent hail with thunder and lightning down on the earth. The Lord caused hail to fall all over Egypt.