²⁹ Moses said to him, ‘When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands^(A) to the Lord. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth^[a](B) belongs to the Lord.

³³ Moses left Pharaoh and the city, and spread out 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 time of humiliation, with my tunic and robe torn. Then I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God.^(A)

⁴ The scribe Ezra 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.