Exodus 9:1-12

Good News Translation

Death of the Animals

9 The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the king and tell him that the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says, ‘Let my people go, so that they may worship me. ²If you again refuse to let them go, ³I will punish you by sending a terrible disease on all your animals—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats. ⁴I will make a distinction between the animals of the Israelites and those of the Egyptians, and no animal that belongs to the Israelites will die. ⁵I, the Lord, have set tomorrow as the time when I will do this.’”

⁶The next day the Lord did as he had said, and all the animals of the Egyptians died, but not one of the animals of the Israelites died. ⁷The king asked what had happened and was told that none of the animals of the Israelites had died. But he was stubborn and would not let the people go.

Boils

⁸Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take a few handfuls of ashes from a furnace; Moses is to throw them into the air in front of the king. ⁹They will spread out like fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and everywhere they will produce boils that become open sores on the people and the animals.” ¹⁰^(A)So they got some ashes and stood before the king; Moses threw them into the air, and they produced boils that became open sores on the people and the animals. ¹¹The magicians were not able to appear before Moses, because they were covered with boils, like all the other Egyptians. ¹²But the Lord made the king stubborn and, just as the Lord had said, the king would not listen to Moses and Aaron.