31 The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding,
32 but the wheat and the spelt were not destroyed since they are later crops.
33 Moses went out from Pharaoh and the city, and extended his hands to the Lord. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the land.
34 When Pharaoh saw that the rain, hail, and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his officials.
35 So Pharaoh’s heart hardened, and he did not let the Israelites go, as the Lord had said through Moses.