Hail in northern Israel 2014.11 (photo ayalim.org)

Then י‑‑ה told Mosh•ëhꞋ,

“Get up before dawn, at donkey-loading time, position yourself before Par•ohꞋ and tell him, ‘Thus declares י‑‑ה, ël•oh•imꞋ of the Ha•birꞋu:

«Send forth My am so that they may serve Me! Because, this time, I will send all of My plagues straight to your heart, and in your workers and in your am so that you shall know that there is none like Me in all hâ-ârꞋëtz. Because now I've even sent forth DëvꞋër by My Hand upon you and upon your am.

«You would have been surgically excised from hâ-ârꞋëtz had I not, for the very purpose of demonstrating My Power, caused you to stand – and for the purpose of making My Name storied throughout all of hâ-ârꞋëtz. Yet, you persist in trodding on My am, without sending them forth.

«Look, tomorrow about this time I will cause a torrent of record-breaking, super-grievous Bâ•râdꞋ the likes of which Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim has never seen in its entire 1,000 year history!

«So, if you want to save your livestock, send every animal of livestock you have in the field to shelter immediately. For every man and beast that shall be found in the field and not brought home when the Bâ•râdꞋ the likes of which Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim rains upon them they shall die.» ’ ”

Those of Par•ohꞋ's workers who revered the DᵊvarꞋ י‑‑ה compelled their workers and livestock into shelter. But the one who did not place the DᵊvarꞋ י‑‑ה in his heart abandoned his workers and livestock in the field.

Then י‑‑ה told Mosh•ëhꞋ,

"Stretch forth your hand up toward the heavens and there shall be Bâ•râdꞋ throughout ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim; on man and beast, on every herb of the field in ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim."

So Mosh•ëhꞋ stretched forth his hand up toward the heavens and י‑‑ה gave forth jagged flashes of lightning fire arcing down from the heavens to the ërꞋëtz, voices of thunder and Bâ•râdꞋ. So י‑‑ה rained Bâ•râdꞋ on ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim. There was Bâ•râdꞋ and flashings amidst the record-breaking Bâ•râdꞋ beyond anything Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim had ever experienced since they became a goy. The Bâ•râdꞋ struck everything that was in the field, both man and beast, throughout ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim. The Bâ•râdꞋ struck every herb of the field and broke all kinds of trees of the field.

Map Egyptian Delta Pi-Tom (Qantir-Avaris) Pi-Ramoses (Tanis)

Only in ërꞋëtz GōꞋshën, where Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ lived in the Delta, where the unseasonably strong winds out of the NW blew most of the weather south toward Lower Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim, was there no Bâ•râdꞋ.

Then Par•ohꞋ sent and called for Mosh•ëhꞋ and A•ha•ronꞋ saying, "This time I misstepped. י‑‑ה is ha-Tza•diqꞋ while I and my am are wicked. Intercede with י‑‑ה. Too great has been the thundering voices of the ël•oh•imꞋ and the Bâ•râdꞋ. Then I will send yall forth and your stay shall no longer continue."

"When I have gone forth from the city, I will spread my palms to י‑‑ה," Mosh•ëhꞋ replied. "The voices of the thunder shall be silenced and the Bâ•râdꞋ shall not continue any longer so that you shall know that hâ-ârꞋëtz belongs to י‑‑ה. But you and your workers – you're still a ways before revering the י‑‑ה of ël•oh•imꞋ."

The flax and barley crops had been destroyed because the barley had ripened to the â•vivꞋ and the flax had bloomed and the Bâ•râdꞋ had beaten them into the ground where the wet ground caused them to quickly mildew and rot. (But the wheat and spelt were not destroyed because they are a later crop, which doesn't ripen until the conclusion of the counting of the OꞋmër; i.e., Khag ha-Shâvu•otꞋ).

After Mosh•ëhꞋ had gone forth from the presence of Par•ohꞋ and Ankh-Tawi, he spread his palms to י‑‑ה and the voices of thunder, and the Bâ•râdꞋ, ceased, so that it didn't continue to rain down on the ground anymore.

Now, when Par•ohꞋ saw that the rain, the voices of thunder and the Bâ•râdꞋ ceased, Par•ohꞋ added yet another misstep: heeding the arrogant-defiance harbored in the hearts of Par•ohꞋ and his workers and, again, he did not send forth the am – as י‑‑ה had said by the hand of Mosh•ëhꞋ.