Exodus 9:28 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Exodus 9:13–35

Read Exodus 9:28 with 9:13–35. The line at 9:28 records “Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go,…” and gives this movement its next narrated or instructed action. The whole unit shows: The hail speech explains preserved life and proclaimed name, permits Egyptians who fear the warning to shelter servants and animals, devastates exposed life and crops, and ends with Pharaoh's temporary confession and renewed sin.

Why This Verse Appears Here

Exodus 9:8–12 establishes the preceding movement: Furnace soot becomes boils on people and animals, the magicians cannot stand before Moses, and the LORD hardens Pharaoh's heart as foretold. This unit escalates that movement: The hail speech explains preserved life and proclaimed name, permits Egyptians who fear the warning to shelter servants and animals, devastates exposed life and crops, and ends with Pharaoh's temporary confession and renewed sin. At 9:28, the wording “Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go,…” makes this verse's contribution precise. The line at 9:28 records “Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go,…” and gives this movement its next narrated or instructed action.