²⁹ Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will extend my hands^(A) to Yahweh. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth^(B) belongs to Yahweh.

³³ Moses went out from Pharaoh and the city, and extended his hands to the Lord. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the land.

⁵ At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God.^(A)

⁴ Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform^(A) made for this purpose. Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah stood beside him on his right; to his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.