A Final Plague Threatened
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The Lord said to Moses, "Yet s one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. t When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.
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Speak now in the hearing of the people, that u they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry."
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v 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.
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So Moses said, "Thus says the Lord: w About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt,
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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 x behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
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y There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.
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But not a dog shall growl z against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord a makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
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And b 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.
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Then the Lord said to Moses, c "Pharaoh will not listen to you, that d my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."
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Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord e hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.
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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.'
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Exodus 12:31
Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, "Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.
Exodus 12:33
The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead.
Exodus 12:39
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.
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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 12:35
The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.
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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 12:36
And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
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Exodus 12:29
At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, 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.
Job 34:20
In a moment they die; at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
Amos 4:10
I sent among you a pestilence after the manner of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, and carried away your horses, and I made the stench of your camp go up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to me," declares the Lord.
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Matthew 24:41
Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left.
Luke 17:35
There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.
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Exodus 12:30
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead.
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.
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Exodus 8:22
But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where my people dwell, so that no swarms of flies shall be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
Exodus 9:4
But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die."'
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Exodus 9:4
But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people of Israel shall die."
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Exodus 12:33
The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, "We shall all be dead.
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Exodus 3:19
But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand.
Exodus 7:4
Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on Egypt and bring my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment.
Exodus 10:1
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them.
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Exodus 7:3
But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
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Exodus 4:21
And the Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
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