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Exodus 11:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 11:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 The Lord caused the people to find favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moses, too, was a man who was highly regarded in the land of Egypt, both by the ministers of Pharaoh and by the people.
4 Moses then said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Around midnight I will go forth through Egypt. 5 Every firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits upon the throne all the way to the firstborn of the slaves who work at the mill,[a] even the firstborn of the animals.
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- Exodus 11:5 The female slave at the mill was assigned to operate the mill in the house. Even the firstborn of the animals: because these, like the firstborn of humans, were firstfruits belonging to the divinity; see Ex 13:2.
