For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 9:2 in context
Exodus 9:1–5
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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.
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For if you refuse to let them go, and hold them still,
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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.
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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.”’”
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The LORD appointed a set time, saying, “Tomorrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.”
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