International Children’s Bible

Exodus 9:4-9 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

4. But the Lord will treat Israel’s animals differently from the animals of Egypt. None of the animals that belong to the Israelites will die.

5. The Lord has set tomorrow as the time he will do this in the land.’”

6. The next day the Lord did as he promised. All the farm animals in Egypt died. But none of the animals belonging to Israelites died.

7. The king sent people to see what had happened to the animals of Israel. They found that not one of them had died. But the king was still stubborn. He did not let the people go.

8. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Fill your hands with the ashes from a furnace. Moses, throw the ashes into the air in front of the king of Egypt.

9. The ashes will spread like dust through all the land of Egypt. The dust will cause boils to break out and become sores on the skin. These sores will be on people and animals everywhere in the land.”