But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die. The distinction established in the fourth plague with the flies is repeated and extended: Goshen's animals, like Goshen's people, will be untouched. The separation is now systemic — not just flies and no-flies but disease and no-disease. Every subsequent plague will either explicitly or implicitly maintain this division. The land of Goshen becomes a visible sign of what it means to be under God's covering. Psalm 91:3–7 describes the one who dwells in the shelter of the Most High: no plague will come near their tent. The exemption of Israel's livestock is not merely miraculous protection; it is a living demonstration of Psalm 91 in the middle of Egypt's agricultural collapse.

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