1 And the Lord said to Moses: Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharao and Egypt, and after that he shall let you go and thrust you out. 2 Therefore thou shalt tell all the people that every man ask of his friend, and every woman of her neighbour, vessels of silver, and of gold. 3 And the Lord will give favour to his people in the sight of the Egyptians. And Moses was a very great man in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharao’s servants, and of all the people. 4 And he said: Thus said the Lord: At midnight I will enter into Egypt. 5 And every firstborn in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the firstborn of Pharao who sitteth on his throne, even to the first born of the handmaid that is at the mill, and all the firstborn of beasts. 6 And there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as neither hath been before, nor shall be hereafter. 7 But with all the children of Israel there shall not a dog make the least noise, from man even to beast: that you may know how wonderful a difference the Lord maketh between the Egyptians and Israel. 8 And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and shall worship me, saying: Go forth thou, and all the people that is under thee: after that we will go out. 9 And he went out from Pharao exceeding angry. But the Lord said to Moses: Pharao will not hear you, that many signs may be done in the land of Egypt. 10 And Moses and Aaron did all the wonders that are written, before Pharao. And the Lord hardened Pharao’s heart, neither did he let the children of Israel go out of his land.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
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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- 1 Leviticus 26:21; Genesis 15:14; Exodus 9:14; Exodus 3:20; Exodus 12:31–39
- 2 Exodus 3:22; Exodus 12:35–36; Haggai 2:8; Psalm 105:37; Matthew 20:15
- 3 Exodus 12:36; Exodus 3:21; Isaiah 60:14; Genesis 39:21; Revelation 3:9
- 4 Exodus 12:29; Exodus 12:12; Amos 4:10; Psalm 60:10; Job 34:20
- 5 Psalm 78:51; Exodus 12:29; Exodus 13:15; Matthew 24:41; Exodus 12:12
- 6 Exodus 12:30; Amos 5:17; Revelation 6:16–17; Isaiah 15:4–5; Revelation 18:18–19
- 7 Joshua 10:21; Exodus 8:22; Malachi 3:18; Exodus 10:23; Exodus 9:4
- 8 Exodus 12:31–33; Daniel 3:19; Ezekiel 3:14; Deuteronomy 32:24; Revelation 3:9
- 9 Exodus 7:3–4; Exodus 3:19; Exodus 10:1; Romans 9:16–18
- 10 Exodus 4:21; Exodus 10:27; Exodus 10:20; Exodus 7:13–14; Romans 2:4–5
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… 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 …
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