Exodus 9:1-12

Legacy Standard Bible

The Plague of Dying Egyptian Livestock

9 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Come to Pharaoh and speak to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, 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 Yahweh ^[b]will come with a very heavy 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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh also set a definite time, saying, “Tomorrow Yahweh will do this thing in the land.” ⁶ So Yahweh 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 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But ^(H)the heart of Pharaoh was ^[c]hardened with firmness, and he did not let the people go.

The Plague of Boils

⁸ Then Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses toss it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. ⁹ And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and it will become ^(I)boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt.” ¹⁰ So they took the soot from the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses tossed it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast. ^11 (J)And the ^[d]magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for the boils were on the magicians ^[e]as well as on all the Egyptians. ¹² And ^(K)Yahweh ^[f]hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not listen to them, just as Yahweh had spoken to Moses.