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18 hear this: tomorrow about this time I will send a very heavy and dreadful hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

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18 Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm(A) that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now.(B)

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23 Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning (fireballs) ran down to the earth and along the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

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23 When Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder(A) and hail,(B) and lightning flashed down to the ground. So the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt;

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18 So Samuel called to the Lord [in prayer], and He sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

19 Then all the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God for your servants, [a]so that we will not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil—to ask for a king for ourselves.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 12:19 The fifty days between the beginning of the barley harvest (Passover) and the end of the wheat harvest (Pentecost) are called the “days of trepidation.” During these fifty days, the farmers pray that it will not rain because all the major crops of the land (the seven varieties of Deut 8:7-10) come to fruition during this time. The rain destroys crops in the field and any produce that has been harvested and covered. The resulting famine from the crop failure would result in many deaths.

18 Then Samuel called on the Lord,(A) and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe(B) of the Lord and of Samuel.

19 The people all said to Samuel, “Pray(C) to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die,(D) for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

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