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Exodus 9:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" behold, the LORD’s hand is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence. "

Exodus 9:3

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1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,

3 behold, the LORD’s hand is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.

4 The LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”’”

5 The LORD appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.”

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Numbers 32:4

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"the land which the LORD struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”"

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2 Chronicles 21:14

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"behold, the LORD will strike your people with a great plague, including your children, your wives, and all your possessions;"

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Deuteronomy 28:21

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"The LORD will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land where you go in to possess it."

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Zechariah 14:15

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"A plague like this will fall on the horse, on the mule, on the camel, on the donkey, and on all the animals that will be in those camps."

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Ezra 5:17

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"Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.”"

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Psalms 107:38

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"He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly. He doesn’t allow their livestock to decrease."

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From This Chapter

Exodus 9:1

"Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: “Let my people go, that they may serve me."

Exodus 9:2

"For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,"

Exodus 9:4

"The LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.”’”"

Exodus 9:5

"The LORD appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.”"

Exodus 9:6

"The LORD did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died."

Exodus 9:7

"Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn’t let the people go."

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