⁴ So Moses said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘About ^(A)midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, ⁵ and ^(B)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 ^(C)a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.