Ex 9:1-7 GOD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'GOD, the God of the Hebrews, says: Release my people so they can worship me. 2 If you refuse to release them and continue to hold on to them, 3 I'm giving you fair warning: GOD will come down hard on your livestock out in the fields — horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep — striking them with a severe disease. 4 GOD will draw a sharp line between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt. Not one animal that belongs to the Israelites will die.'" 5 Then GOD set the time: "Tomorrow GOD will do this thing." 6 And the next day GOD did it. All the livestock of Egypt died, but not one animal of the Israelites died. 7 Pharaoh sent men to find out what had happened and there it was: none of the livestock of the Israelites had died — not one death. But Pharaoh stayed stubborn. He wouldn't release the people.