Exodus 11

New American Standard Bible

The Last Plague

11 Now the Lord said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; ^(A)after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will assuredly drive you out from here completely. ²Speak now ^[a]so that the people hear, that ^(B)each man is to ask of his neighbor, and each woman of her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.” ³And ^(C)the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. ^(D)Furthermore, the man Moses himself was ^[b]greatly esteemed in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.

⁴Then Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About ^(E)midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, ⁵and ^(F)all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well. ⁶So there shall be ^(G)a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again. ⁷^(H)But not even a dog will ^[c]threaten any of the sons of Israel, nor anything from person to animal, so that you may ^[d]learn how the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.’ ⁸And ^(I)all these servants of yours will come down to me and bow themselves ^[e]before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who ^[f]follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” ^(J)And he left Pharaoh in the heat of anger.

⁹Then the Lord said to Moses, “^(K)Pharaoh will not listen to you, so ^(L)that My wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” ¹⁰So ^(M)Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet ^(N)the Lord ^[g]hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.

Footnotes

Exodus 11:2 Lit in the ears of the people that
Exodus 11:3 Lit very great
Exodus 11:7 Lit move its tongue
Exodus 11:7 Lit know
Exodus 11:8 Lit to
Exodus 11:8 Lit are at your feet
Exodus 11:10 Lit made strong

Exodus 12:23-32

New American Standard Bible

A Memorial of Redemption

²³For ^(A)the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; but when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will ^(B)not allow the ^(C)destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. ²⁴And ^(D)you shall keep this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever. ²⁵When you enter the land which the Lord will give you, as He has ^[a]promised, you shall keep this ^[b]rite. ²⁶^(E)And when your children say to you, ‘^[c]What does this rite mean to you?’ ²⁷then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to ^(F)the Lord because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but ^[d]spared our homes.’” ^(G)And the people bowed low and worshiped.

²⁸Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

²⁹Now it came about at ^(H)midnight that ^(I)the Lord struck all ^(J)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 in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of ^(K)cattle. ³⁰And Pharaoh got up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was ^(L)a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. ³¹Then ^(M)he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, ^(N)get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, ^[e]worship the Lord, as you have said. ³²Take ^(O)both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.”