1 The LORD 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 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man ask of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.” 3 The LORD gave the people favour 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 Moses said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go out into the middle of Egypt, 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 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 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 the LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. 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 The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh won’t listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he didn’t 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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