What was the seventh biblical plague of Egypt?

The seventh biblical plague of Egypt was hail.

In Exodus 9, Moses warned Pharaoh that a violent storm of thunder, fire, and hail would strike Egypt. The storm killed people and animals left outdoors and destroyed crops and trees, while the land of Goshen—where the Israelites lived—was described as spared. Pharaoh briefly admitted that he had sinned, but hardened his heart again after the storm stopped.

This plague is often confused with the eighth plague, locusts, which consumed what the hail had left behind. Darkness was the ninth plague, and boils were the sixth. The sequence appears in Exodus as part of the escalating confrontation between Moses and Pharaoh before the Israelites’ departure.

The hail plague also has a Passover connection because the Exodus narrative is central to the holiday’s retelling in the Haggadah. In Jewish tradition, the plagues demonstrate both divine power and the consequences of Pharaoh’s refusal to release the Israelites.