The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

Exodus 12

29 m And it came to pass at midnight that n the LORD struck 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 1 in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of o livestock. 30 So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 Then he p called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise, go out from among my people, q both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the LORD as you have r said. 32 s "Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also."

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 11:4
    Then Moses said, "Thus says the LORD: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt.
    Exodus 11:5
    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 handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 8:17
    For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine, both man and beast; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them to Myself.
    Numbers 33:4
    For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them. Also on their gods the LORD had executed judgments.
    Psalms 135:8
    He destroyed the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast.
    Psalms 136:10
    To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn, For His mercy endures forever.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 9:6
    So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 10:28
    Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!
    Exodus 10:29
    So Moses said, "You have spoken well. I will never see your face again.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 8:25
    Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God in the land.
    Exodus 11:1
    And the LORD said to Moses, "I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out of here altogether.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 10:9
    And Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 10:9
    And Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for we must hold a feast to the LORD.
    Exodus 10:26
    "Our livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the LORD our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there."
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