4 So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, 5 and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle. 6 Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
Exodus 11:4–6
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Exodus 12:28–30
28 And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron. 29 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dung…
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Exodus 7:17–19
17 This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood. 18 The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to dri…
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2 Esdras 15:10–12
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Psalms 78:50–52
50 He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. 51 He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. 52 He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Exodus 4:22–24
22 Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son, 23 and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’” 24 Now at a lodging place along the way,…
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