The Pestilence
The Lord told Moses that he would strike the livestock of the Egyptians dead tomorrow but not one of the Israelites so that Pharaoh could see that there was no mistake.The Pharaoh still persisted in his stubborness and refused to let the Israelites going wanting to keep them as slaves.
Then came the 6th plague - Boils.
The Lord told Aaron and Moses to take a double handfull of soot from the furnace and to do this in the presence of the Pharaoh so that he could see that it was from God. Moses scattered it towards the sky. It caused boils and open sores to rise up on the skin of all the Egyptians, even on the sorcerers. Each time that God predicted that the Pharaoh would be stubborn, it was so. He still refused to let the people go.
The 7th Plague - Hail
Moses told the Pharaoh that his God was a just God and could have struck him dead at any time but he was sending him these plagues that he might understand the power of God. He warned him to bring man and beast in from outside as he was going to rain down hail like they had never seen before. The hail was accompanied by lighting and thunder and splintered mighty trees and destroyed crops. It did not strike the Israelites that lived in Goshen.
The Pharaoh summons Moses
He confesses that he is the one who has sinned and that God is a just God. He asked that Moses please take the Israelites and go but to pray for him as he leaves that the plague would be lifted, but the moment that the hail stopped, the Pharaoh blocked the Israelites and stopped them from leaving. This was not a surprise to God as He foretold it to Moses, advising him that the Pharaoh would be very stubborn in letting the slaves go.
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