6. And Yahweh did this thing the next day; all the livestock of Egypt died, but from the livestock of the Israelites not one died.
7. And Pharaoh sent to check, and it turned out not even one from the livestock of Israel had died, but Pharaoh’s heart was insensitive, and he did not release the people.
8. And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take for yourselves full handfuls of soot from a smelting furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heavens before the eyes of Pharaoh.
9. And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and it will become on humans and on animals a skin sore sprouting blisters in all the land of Egypt.”
10. And they took the soot of the smelting furnace, and they stood before Pharaoh, and Moses sprinkled it toward the heavens, and it became skin sores sprouting blisters on humans and on animals.
11. And the magicians were not able to stand before Moses because of the skin sores, for the skin sores were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
12. And Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.
13. And Yahweh said to Moses, “Start early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh. Look, he is going out to the water, and you must say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, “Release my people so that they may serve me.
14. For at this time I am sending all of my plagues to you personally and among your servants and among your people so that you will know that there is no one like me in all the earth.
15. For now I could have stretched out my hand, and I could have struck you and your people with the plague, and you would have perished from the earth.
16. But for the sake of this I have caused you to stand—for the sake of showing you my strength and in order to proclaim my name in all the earth.
17. Still you are behaving haughtily to my people by not releasing them.
18. Look, about this time tomorrow, I am going to cause very severe hail to rain, the like of which has not been in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.
19. And now send word; bring into safety your livestock and all that belongs to you in the field. The hail will come down on every human and animal that is found in the field and not gathered into the house, and they will die.” ’ ”
20. Anyone from the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of Yahweh caused his servants and livestock to flee to the houses.
21. But whoever did not give regard to the word of Yahweh abandoned his servants and his livestock in the field.