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

Death of the Firstborn of Egypt

29 Now it happened at (A)midnight that (B)Yahweh struck all (C)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 [a]dungeon, and all the firstborn of (D)cattle. 30 Then Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was (E)a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:29 Lit house of the pit, cf. Gen 37:20; 40:15