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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח פַּרְעֹ֗ה וַיִּקְרָא֙ לְמֹשֶׁ֣ה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹ֔ן וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖ם חָטָ֣אתִי הַפָּ֑עַם יְהֹוָה֙ הַצַּדִּ֔יק וַאֲנִ֥י וְעַמִּ֖י הָרְשָׁעִֽים׃
Thereupon Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said to them, “I stand guilty this time. GOD is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.
Shemos Rabbah 9:9 — EXTRA.
חטאתי הפעם —\ldots הודה על האמת.
English: “I have sinned this time” — \ldots he admitted the truth.
Custom
Chazal note Pharaoh’s explicit admission of sin under the pressure of the hail.