Exodus 11

Death of the Firstborn Announced

11And the Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. ^aAfterward he will let you go from here. ^bWhen he lets you go, he will surely drive you out of here altogether. ²Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, ^carticles of silver and articles of gold.” ^3dAnd the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man ^eMoses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

⁴Then Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ^f‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; ⁵and ^gall 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. ^6hThen there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, ⁱsuch as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again. ^7jBut against none of the children of Israel ^kshall a dog ¹move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’ ⁸And ^lall these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” ^mThen he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

⁹But the Lord said to Moses, ⁿ“Pharaoh will not heed you, so that ^oMy wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” ¹⁰So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; ^pand the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.