³¹ And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley [is] budding, and the flax forming flowers,

⁷ and the people come in unto Moses and say, `We have sinned, for we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, and He doth turn aside from us the serpent;' and Moses prayeth in behalf of the people.