⁷ But not a dog shall growl ^(A)against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord ^(B)makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

¹⁸ Then once more you shall ^(A)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

²¹ then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. ^(A)Not a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.

²² But on that day ^(A)I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, ^(B)that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.^[a]

²³ They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but ^(A)all the people of Israel had light where they lived.

^4 (A)But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die.”’”

⁷ For who sees anything different in you? ^(A)What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?

²² But ^(A)the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts. So ^(B)Pharaoh's heart remained hardened, and he would not listen to them, as ^(C)the Lord had said.