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Exodus 12:29-42 The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart

29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.

30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

31 The Exodus
During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the Lord as you have requested.

32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”

34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing.

35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.

36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians.

37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

38 Many other people went up with them, as well as large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.

39 With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked cakes of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.

41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt.

42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.

Cross References for Exodus 12:29-42

Zechariah 9:11 - As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the w... Click to read the verse Zechariah 9:11 Click to read the verse Zechariah 9:11

Psalms 78:51 - He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the firstfruits of manhood in the tents of Ham. Click to read the verse Psalms 78:51 Click to read the verse Psalms 78:51

Acts 12:23 - Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, an... Click to read the verse Acts 12:23 Click to read the verse Acts 12:23

Numbers 33:4 - who were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had struck down among them; for the Lord ha... Click to read the verse Numbers 33:4 Click to read the verse Numbers 33:4

Exodus 12:12 - “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn—both men and anim... Click to read the verse Exodus 12:12 Click to read the verse Exodus 12:12

Jeremiah 38:6 - So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in th... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 38:6 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 38:6

Isaiah 24:22 - They will be herded together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison ... Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:22 Click to read the verse Isaiah 24:22

Psalms 105:36 - Then he struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their manhood. Click to read the verse Psalms 105:36 Click to read the verse Psalms 105:36

Hebrews 12:23 - to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the ju... Click to read the verse Hebrews 12:23 Click to read the verse Hebrews 12:23

Exodus 4:23 - and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will... Click to read the verse Exodus 4:23 Click to read the verse Exodus 4:23

Exodus 11:5 - Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the thron... Click to read the verse Exodus 11:5 Click to read the verse Exodus 11:5

Psalms 135:8 - He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, the firstborn of men and animals. Click to read the verse Psalms 135:8 Click to read the verse Psalms 135:8

Exodus 13:15 - When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed every firstborn in Egypt, both ma... Click to read the verse Exodus 13:15 Click to read the verse Exodus 13:15

Exodus 9:6 - And the next day the Lord did it: All the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal b... Click to read the verse Exodus 9:6 Click to read the verse Exodus 9:6

Exodus 11:4-5 - So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Click to read the verse Exodus 11:4-5 Click to read the verse Exodus 11:4-5

Exodus 11:4 - So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. Click to read the verse Exodus 11:4 Click to read the verse Exodus 11:4

Job 34:20 - They die in an instant, in the middle of the night; the people are shaken and they pass away; t... Click to read the verse Job 34:20 Click to read the verse Job 34:20

Hebrews 11:28 - By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstbo... Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:28 Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:28

Psalms 136:10 - to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever. Click to read the verse Psalms 136:10 Click to read the verse Psalms 136:10

Numbers 3:13 - for all the firstborn are mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set apart for ... Click to read the verse Numbers 3:13 Click to read the verse Numbers 3:13

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 - for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

Isaiah 51:14 - The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they... Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:14 Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:14

Jeremiah 38:13 - and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 38:13 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 38:13

Numbers 8:17 - Every firstborn male in Israel, whether man or animal, is mine. When I struck down all the firs... Click to read the verse Numbers 8:17 Click to read the verse Numbers 8:17

Exodus 15:26 - He said, “If you listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his... Click to read the verse Exodus 15:26 Click to read the verse Exodus 15:26

1 Samuel 25:38 - About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died. Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 25:38 Click to read the verse 1 Samuel 25:38

2 Chronicles 15:13 - All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or g... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 15:13 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 15:13

Job 27:20 - Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest snatches him away in the night. Click to read the verse Job 27:20 Click to read the verse Job 27:20

Job 36:20 - Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes. Click to read the verse Job 36:20 Click to read the verse Job 36:20

Psalms 81:5 - He established it as a statute for Joseph when he went out against Egypt, where we heard a lang... Click to read the verse Psalms 81:5 Click to read the verse Psalms 81:5