⁴ So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says. About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, ⁵ and every firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the female slave who is behind the hand mill, even all the firstborn of the livestock. ⁶ There will be a loud outcry in the entire land of Egypt, unlike anything that happened before or anything that will take place again.