Exodus 9:1-7

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The Disease on the Farm Animals

9 Then the Lord told Moses, “Go to ·the king of Egypt [^LPharaoh] and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go to ·worship [serve] me. ² If you refuse to let them go and ·continue to hold [tighten your grip on] them, ³ the ·Lord will punish you and will send [^Lhand of the Lord will strike with] a terrible ·disease [pestilence] on your farm animals that are in the fields. He will cause your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, goats, and sheep to become sick. ⁴ But the Lord will ·treat Israel’s animals differently from [make a distinction between the animals of Israel and] the animals of Egypt. None of the animals that belong to the Israelites will die. ⁵ The Lord has set tomorrow as the [^Lappointed] time he will do this in the land.’” ⁶ The next day the Lord did as he promised. All the farm animals in Egypt died, but none of the animals belonging to Israelites died. ⁷ ·The king [^LPharaoh] sent people to see what had happened to the animals of Israel, and they found that not one of them had died. But the ·king was still stubborn [^Lheart of Pharaoh was hardened] and did not let the people go.