Exodus 9:1-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

Egyptian Cattle Die

9 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “^(A)Let My people go, that they may serve Me. ² For ^(B)if you refuse to let them go and ^[a]continue to hold them, ³ behold, ^(C)the hand of the Lord ^[b]will come with a very severe pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks. ^4 (D)But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that ^(E)nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’” ⁵ The Lord set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” ⁶ So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and ^(F)all the livestock of Egypt died; ^(G)but of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died. ⁷ Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But ^(H)the heart of Pharaoh was ^[c]hardened, and he did not let the people go.