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Exodus 9

The Fifth Plague: Death of Livestock

¹ 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.

The Sixth Plague: Boils

⁸ Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a kiln, and have Moses toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. ⁹ It will become fine du