Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, “Release my people that they may serve me! 9:2 For if you refuse to release them ²  and continue holding them, ³  9:3 then the hand of the Lord will surely bring ⁴  a very terrible plague ⁵  on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, ⁶  the herds, and the flocks. 9:4 But the Lord will distinguish ⁷  between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing ⁸  will die of all that the Israelites have.”’” ⁹