Exodus 12:29-36

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

29 o At midnight the p Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, q from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was r a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. 31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, "Up, go out from among my people, s both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. 32 t Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!"

The Exodus

33 u The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead." 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had v asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 w And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that x they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 11:4
    So Moses said, "Thus says the Lord : About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 8:17
    For all the firstborn among the people of Israe...
    Numbers 33:4
    While the Egyptians were burying all their firs...
    Psalms 78:51
    He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the fi...
    Psalms 105:36
    He struck down all the firstborn in their land,...
    Psalms 135:8
    He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egyp...
    Psalms 136:10
    To him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, ...
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 4:23
    And I say to you, "Let my son go that he may serve me." If you refuse to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son.'
    Exodus 11:5
    And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 11:6
    There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.
    Amos 5:16 - 17
    Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord: "In all the squares there shall be wailing, and in all the streets they shall say, 'Alas! Alas!' They shall call the farmers to mourning and to wailing those who are skilled in lamentation.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 10:9 - 11
    Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 10:24 - 26
    Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, "Go, serve the Lord ; your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 6:1
    But the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.
    Exodus 11:1
    The Lord said to Moses, "Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.
    Exodus 11:8
    And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, 'Get out, you and all the people who follow you.' And after that I will go out." And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
    Psalms 105:38
    Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 3:22
    But each woman shall ask of her neighbor, and any woman who lives in her house, for silver and gold jewelry, and for clothing. You shall put them on your sons and on your daughters. So you shall plunder the Egyptians.
    Exodus 11:2
    Speak now in the hearing of the people, that they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 3:21
    And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and when you go, you shall not go empty.
    Exodus 11:3
    And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 15:14
    But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions.
    Psalms 105:37
    Then he brought out Israel with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
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