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Exodus 11
Exodus 11 is the eleventh chapter of the book of Exodus and the announcement of the tenth plague. The 10-verse chapter follows the LORD's brief word to Moses, the message Moses delivers to Pharaoh, and the closing summary that ties the plague sequence to the LORD's larger purpose.
The chapter opens with the LORD telling Moses, "I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely." The LORD instructs Moses to have the Israelites ask their Egyptian neighbors for articles of silver and gold. The Egyptians, the chapter notes, have already come to regard the Israelites and Moses with favor.
Moses then declares to Pharaoh what the LORD has said. "About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle. Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again." Among the Israelites, by contrast, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast. By this Pharaoh will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Moses then tells Pharaoh that his own officials will come to Moses, bow before him, and beg, "Go, you and all the people who follow you!" After that, Moses says, he will depart. Hot with anger, Moses leaves Pharaoh's presence.
The chapter closes by noting that the LORD has told Moses that Pharaoh will not listen, so that his wonders may be multiplied in Egypt. Moses and Aaron have done all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD has hardened Pharaoh's heart so that he would not let the Israelites go.
Verse 1. Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.
Verse 2. Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
Verse 3. And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.
Verse 4. So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
Verse 5. and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
Verse 6. Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
Verse 7. But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
Verse 8. And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
Verse 9. The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
Verse 10. Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.
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