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.’ ”