Exodus 9:1-7

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Fifth Plague: Death of Livestock

9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so that they may serve me. ² But if you refuse to let them go and keep holding them back, ³ watch out, because the hand of the Lord will bring a very severe disease on your livestock which is in the field. It will be on the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks. ⁴ But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of the Egyptians so that not one of the Israelites’ livestock will die.’” ⁵ The Lord appointed a set time by saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.” ⁶ So the next day, that is what the Lord did, and all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but none of the livestock of the Israelites died. ⁷ Pharaoh checked and found out that not even one of the livestock of the Israelites had died. But Pharaoh’s heart was unyielding, and he did not let the people go.