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27 that you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to (A)Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but delivered our homes.’” (B)And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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 (C)midnight that (D)Yahweh struck all (E)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 (F)cattle.

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Footnotes

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