1The LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and speak to him: Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews: Send my people, that they may serve me."2But if you refuse to send them and you continue to hold them,3behold, the hand of the LORD will be upon your livestock that are in the field—in horses, in donkeys, in camels, in cattle, and in flock—a very heavy pestilence.4The LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing from all the sons of Israel will die, not a word.5The LORD appointed a time, saying: Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land.6The LORD carried out this thing the next day, and all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but from the livestock of the sons of Israel not one died.7Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one from the livestock of Israel had died, not even one; yet the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not send the people away.