And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Moses raised his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail. Lightning flashed down to the ground, and the LORD poured hail down on all of Egypt.
God demonstrated His awesome power by sending a devastating hailstorm with lightning when Moses raised his staff, showing Pharaoh that the LORD controls nature itself.
📚 Historical Context
This was the seventh plague God sent upon Egypt to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites from slavery. The plague of hail was particularly devastating because it destroyed crops and livestock, striking at Egypt's agricultural economy. In ancient Egypt, natural disasters were often seen as signs that the gods were angry, so this plague would have been understood as a direct challenge to Egyptian deities.
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