7. Pharaoh sent, and there was not one of the livestock of the children of Israel dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, so that he did not let the people go.
8. Then the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of ashes from a kiln, and let Moses toss it toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh.
9. It shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt and shall be a boil breaking forth with blisters upon man and beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.”
10. So they took the ashes from a kiln and stood before Pharaoh. Then Moses tossed it up toward the heavens, and it became a boil breaking forth with blisters upon man and beast.
11. The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were upon the magicians and upon all the Egyptians.
12. Moreover, the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, so that he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
13. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.
14. For I will at this time send all My plagues upon you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is none like Me in all the earth.
15. For by now I could have stretched out My hand, so that I might strike you and your people with pestilence, and you would be cut off from the earth.
16. But, indeed, for this cause I have raised you up, in order to show in you My power and so that My name may be declared throughout all the earth.
17. Still, you exalt yourself against My people by forbidding them to go.
18. Certainly, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very severe hail, such as has not happened in Egypt since it was founded until now.
19. Send therefore now and bring your livestock and all that you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast which shall be found in the field and not brought home when the hail comes down upon them will die.’ ”
20. He that feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses.
21. But he that failed to regard the word of the Lord left his servants and his livestock in the field.