8:31. And he did according to his word: and he took away the flies from Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people: there was not left so much as one. 8:32. And Pharao’s heart was hardened, so that neither this time would he let the people go. Exodus Chapter 9 The fifth plague is a murrain among the cattle. The sixth, of boils in men and beasts. The seventh, of hail. Pharao promiseth again to let the people go, and breaketh his word. 9:1. And the Lord said to Moses: Go in to Pharao, and speak to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me. 9:2. But if thou refuse, and withhold them still: 9:3. Behold my hand shall be upon thy fields; and a very grievous murrain upon thy horses, and asses, and camels, and oxen, and sheep. 9:4. And the Lord will make a wonderful difference between the possessions of Israel and the possessions of the Egyptians, that nothing at all shall die of those things that belong to the children of Israel. 9:5. And the Lord appointed a time, saying: To morrow will the Lord do this thing in the land. 9:6. The Lord therefore did this thing the next day: and all the beasts of the Egyptians died, but of the beasts of the children of Israel there died not one. All the beasts.... That is, many of all kinds. 9:7. And Pharao sent to see; and there was not any thing dead of that which Israel possessed. And Pharao’s heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 9:8. And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Take to you handfuls of ashes out of the chimney, and let Moses sprinkle it in the air in the presence of Pharao. 9:9. And be there dust upon all the land of Egypt: for there shall be boils and swelling blains both in men and beasts, in the whole land of Egypt. 9:10. And they took ashes out of the chimney, and stood before Pharao, and Moses sprinkled it in the air; and there came boils with swelling blains in men and beasts. 9:11. Neither could the magicians stand before Moses, for the boils that were upon them, and in all the land of Egypt. 9:12. And the Lord hardened Pharao’s heart, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses. Hardened, etc.... See the annotations above, chap. 4.21, chap. 7.3, and chap. 8.15. 9:13. And the Lord said to Moses: Arise in the morning, and stand before Pharao, and thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: Let my people go to sacrifice to me. 9:14. For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayst know that there is none like me in all the earth. 9:15. For now I will stretch out my hand to strike thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou shalt perish from the earth. 9:16. And therefore have I raised thee, that I may shew my power in thee, and my name may be spoken of throughout all the earth. 9:17. Dost thou yet hold back my people; and wilt thou not let them go?