The Livestock Die

¹Then the LORD told Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Let my people go so they can worship me. ²If you refuse to let them go and keep holding them, ³the LORD's hand will strike your livestock out in the fields — your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, and sheep — with a terrible plague. ⁴But the LORD will make a distinction between Israel's livestock and Egypt's livestock. Not a single animal belonging to the Israelites will die.'" ⁵The LORD set a specific time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this throughout the land." ⁶The next day, the LORD did exactly that, and all the livestock of Egypt died, but not one of the Israelites' animals died. ⁷Pharaoh sent, and indeed, not one of the cattle of the Israelites was dead. And Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go.