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1 And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.
1 Yahweh said to Moses, “I will bring yet one more plague on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go, he will surely thrust you out altogether.
2 So go now and give orders to the people that every man and every woman is to get from his or her neighbour ornaments of silver and of gold.
2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man ask of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.”
3 And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.
3 Yahweh 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.
4 And Moses said, This is what the Lord says: About the middle of the night I will go out through Egypt:
4 Moses said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight I will go out into the middle of Egypt,
5 And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.
5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill, and all the firstborn of livestock.
6 And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.
6 There will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor will be any more.
7 But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a division between Israel and the Egyptians.
7 But against any of the children of Israel a dog won’t even bark or move its tongue, against man or animal, that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.
8 And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.
8 All these servants of yours will come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you;” and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
9 And the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt.
9 Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh won’t listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
10 All these wonders Moses and Aaron did before Pharaoh: but the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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  • Aaron

    First high priest

    Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10

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  • Moses

    Deliverer and lawgiver

    Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34

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Cross references (10)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Leviticus 26:21; Genesis 15:14; Exodus 9:14; Exodus 3:20; Exodus 12:31–39
  2. 2 Exodus 3:22; Exodus 12:35–36; Haggai 2:8; Psalm 105:37; Matthew 20:15
  3. 3 Exodus 12:36; Exodus 3:21; Isaiah 60:14; Genesis 39:21; Revelation 3:9
  4. 4 Exodus 12:29; Exodus 12:12; Amos 4:10; Psalm 60:10; Job 34:20
  5. 5 Psalm 78:51; Exodus 12:29; Exodus 13:15; Matthew 24:41; Exodus 12:12
  6. 6 Exodus 12:30; Amos 5:17; Revelation 6:16–17; Isaiah 15:4–5; Revelation 18:18–19
  7. 7 Joshua 10:21; Exodus 8:22; Malachi 3:18; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 9:4
  8. 8 Exodus 12:31–33; Daniel 3:19; Ezekiel 3:14; Deuteronomy 32:24; Revelation 3:9
  9. 9 Exodus 7:3–4; Exodus 3:19; Exodus 10:1; Romans 9:16–18
  10. 10 Exodus 4:21; Exodus 10:27; Exodus 10:20; Exodus 7:13–14; Romans 2:4–5

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 11:5 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LXXVII)

    … left, both those who are at ease, and those in toil, as well from the one rank as from the other; even as in the Old Testament He saith, "From him that sitteth upon the throne to the captive woman that is at the mill." For since He had said, that hardly are the rich saved, He shows that not …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)