^{13 Ref} And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Rise early in the morning, and station thyself before Pharaoh, and thou hast said unto him, Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Send My people away, and they serve Me,

^{14 Ref} for, at this time I am sending all My plagues unto thy heart, and on thy servants, and on thy people, so that thou knowest that there is none like Me in all the earth,

^{15 Ref} for now I have put forth My hand, and I smite thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou art hidden from the earth.

^{16 Ref} `And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

^{17 Ref} still thou art exalting thyself against My people -- so as not to send them away;

^{18 Ref} lo, I am raining about `this' time to-morrow hail very grievous, such as hath not been in Egypt, even from the day of its being founded, even until now.