Exodus 9:5

5 And the Lord set a time, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land."

Exodus 9:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 9:5

And the Lord appointed a set time
For the coming of this plague, that it might plainly appear it came from him, and was not owing to any natural cause: saying, tomorrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land;
thus giving him time and space, as he had often done before, to consider the matter well, repent of his obstinacy, and dismiss the people of Israel, and so prevent the plague coming upon the cattle, as threatened.

Exodus 9:5 In-Context

3 then the Lord's hand will bring a severe plague against your livestock in the field-the horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.

4 But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that the Israelites own will die."

5 And the Lord set a time, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land."

6 The Lord did this the next day. All the Egyptian livestock died, but none among the Israelite livestock died.

7 Pharaoh sent [messengers] who saw that not a single one of the Israelite livestock was dead. But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the people go.