2 If you continue to hold them and refuse to let them go,
3 the hand of the lord will strike all your livestock—your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, sheep, and goats—with a deadly plague.
4 But the lord will again make a distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians. Not a single one of Israel’s animals will die!
5 The lord has already set the time for the plague to begin. He has declared that he will strike the land tomorrow.’”
6 And the lord did just as he had said. The next morning all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but the Israelites didn’t lose a single animal.
7 Pharaoh sent his officials to investigate, and they discovered that the Israelites had not lost a single animal! But even so, Pharaoh’s heart remained stubborn, and he still refused to let the people go.
8 Then the lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Take handfuls of soot from a brick kiln, and have Moses toss it into the air while Pharaoh watches.