The Earth Is Yahweh's

Yahweh sent a severe disease on Egypt's livestock in the field: horses, donkeys, camels, herds and flocks. Yahweh made a distinction, and not one animal of Israel died. Pharaoh sent and checked, but his heart was stubborn. Then Moses threw handfuls of ashes from a furnace toward the sky, and boils broke out on people and animals. The magicians couldn't stand before Moses because of the boils.

God told Pharaoh, For this cause I have made you stand: to show you my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. God warned of very grievous hail and told the Egyptians to bring their servants and livestock inside. Whoever feared Yahweh's word made them flee into the houses. Whoever didn't respect His word left them in the field.

Moses stretched out his rod, and Yahweh sent thunder, hail and fire. The hail struck people, animals, plants and trees, but in Goshen there was no hail. Pharaoh said, I have sinned this time. Yahweh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Moses said, I will spread out my hands to Yahweh. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more hail; that you may know that the earth is Yahweh's. But when the hail stopped, Pharaoh sinned again and hardened his heart.