Exodus 9:1-7

Lexham English Bible

Plague Five: Livestock Death

9 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, “Release my people so that they may serve me.” ² But if you are refusing to release and you still are keeping hold of them, ³ look, the hand of Yahweh is about to be present with a very severe^[a] plague on your livestock that are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the cattle, and on the sheep and goats. ⁴ But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and not a thing will die from all that belongs to the Israelites.’”^{[b] 5} And Yahweh set an appointed time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh will do this thing in the land.”

⁶ And Yahweh did this thing the next day; all the livestock of Egypt died, but from the livestock of the Israelites^[c] not one died. ⁷ And Pharaoh sent to check, and it turned out^[d] not even one from the livestock of Israel had died, but Pharaoh’s heart was insensitive,^[e] and he did not release the people.