²³ and I told you, “Let my son go,^(A) so he may worship^(B) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”^(C)

⁴ So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight^(A) I will go throughout Egypt.^(B)

¹⁷ Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,^(A) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.^(B)