Exodus 12:29–36

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

^29mAnd it came to pass at midnight that ⁿthe 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 ⁸in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of ^olivestock. ³⁰So 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.

The Exodus

³¹Then he ^pcalled for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, ^qboth you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have ^rsaid. ^32sAlso take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”

^33tAnd the Egyptians ^uurged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” ³⁴So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. ³⁵Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians ^varticles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. ^36wAnd the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus ^xthey plundered the Egyptians.