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Yahweh Says One More Plague

¹ Then Yahweh said to Moses, "One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; ^(C1)after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely.² "Speak now in the ^(F1)hearing of the people so that ^(C1)each man may ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold."^3 (C1)(And Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. ^(C2)Moreover, the man Moses himself was very great in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.)

⁴ So Moses said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'About ^(C1)midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt,⁵ and ^(C1)all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the servant-girl who is behind the millstones; and all the firstborn of the cattle.⁶ 'Moreover, there shall be ^(C1)a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.⁷ '^(C1)But for any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even ^(F1)bark, whether against man or beast, that you may know how Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.'⁸ "^(C1)Then all these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves ^(F1)before me, saying, 'Go out, you and all the people who ^(F2)follow you,' and after that I will go out." ^(C2)And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

⁹ Then Yahweh said to Moses, "^(C1)Pharaoh will not listen to you, so ^(C2)that My miraculous wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt."^10 (C1)Now Moses and Aaron did all these miraculous wonders before Pharaoh; yet ^(C2)Yahweh ^(F1)hardened Pharaoh's heart with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.