Exodus 9:6

Translations

Modern

And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

Traditional

And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

Literal

And YHWH did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died. And from the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died.

Latin

Fecit ergo Dominus verbum hoc altera die: mortuaque sunt omnia animantia Ægyptiorum; de animalibus vero filiorum Israël, nihil omnino periit.

Original

Hebrew

English

And the next day the LORD did just that. All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

Notes

Exodus 9:5–6

Prediction again played an important role. God announced what would happen before it took place.

These events were not random. They were directed by God, who rules over all that happens.

Exodus 9:1–7

The fifth plague was against the livestock. As with the withholding of flies from the area where the Hebrews lived (8:22–23), the distinction between the livestock of the Israelites and that of the Egyptians (9:4) shows that a natural explanation of this event is insufficient, even if the previous plagues contributed.

The Egyptians, like many in the ancient Near East, worshiped the ram, the goat, and the bull as representing power and fertility. These animals had no power before the Lord, in whom true power resides.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh The Plagues

Events

Exodus from Egypt

Related verses

Psalm 78:48
He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
Exodus 9:25
Throughout the land of Egypt, the hail struck down everything in the field, both man and beast; it beat down every plant of the field and stripped every tree.
Psalm 78:50
He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
Exodus 9:19–20
So give orders now to shelter your livestock and everything you have in the field. Every man or beast that remains in the field and is not brought inside will die when the hail comes down upon them.’”

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Cattle Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Jannes and Jambres Magic Numbers and Numerology Plague Plagues upon Egypt

Topics

God: Preserver in Preserving Their Cattle from the Plague of Murrain, Israel: Exempt from the Plagues Miracles Wrought Through Servants of God: Moses and Aaron: Murrain of Beasts Murrain (A Disease of Livestock): A Plague of Egypt Plague: On Cattle

Exodus 9:6

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