4. But the Lord will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that the Israelites have.”’”
5. The Lord set an appointed time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land.”
6. And the Lord did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.
7. Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh’s heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.
8. Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a furnace, and have Moses throw it into the air while Pharaoh is watching.
9. It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt.”
10. So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.
11. The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.
12. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted to Moses.
13. The Lord said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: “Release my people so that they may serve me!