8 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron:Take a few handfuls of ashes from a stove and let Moses throw them into the air. Be sure the king is watching.
9 The ashes will blow across the land of Egypt, causing sores to break out on people and animals.
10 So they took a few handfuls of ashes and went to the king. Moses threw them into the air, and sores immediately broke out on the Egyptians and their animals.
11 The magicians were suffering so much from the sores, that they could not even come to Moses.
12 Everything happened just as the Lord had told Moses—he made the king too stubborn to listen to Moses and Aaron.
13 The Lord told Moses to get up early the next morning and say to the king:The Lord God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him!
14 If you don't, he will send his worst plagues to strike you, your officials, and everyone else in your country. Then you will find out that no one can oppose the Lord.