Exodus 12:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Deliverance from Egypt It happened at midnight– the LORD attacked all 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 prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

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  • Exod 4:23 : 23 and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”
  • Ps 78:51 : 51 He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.
  • Ps 135:8 : 8 He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.
  • Ps 136:10 : 10 to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,
  • Num 8:17 : 17 For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.
  • Num 33:4 : 4 Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them; the LORD also executed judgments on their gods.
  • Exod 11:4-5 : 4 Moses said,“This is what the LORD has said:‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.
  • Exod 12:12 : 12 I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD.
  • Exod 13:15 : 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’
  • Num 3:13 : 13 because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”
  • Job 34:20 : 20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.
  • Exod 9:6 : 6 And the LORD did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.
  • Isa 24:22 : 22 They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished.
  • Isa 51:14 : 14 The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud.
  • Jer 38:13 : 13 So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse.
  • Zech 9:11 : 11 Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night. 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

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  • Exod 12:12-13
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    87%

    12I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the LORD.

    13The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 11:4-6
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    86%

    4Moses said,“This is what the LORD has said:‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

    5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

    6There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.

  • Exod 12:30-31
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    30Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead.

    31Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said,“Get up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the LORD as you have requested!

  • Exod 13:15
    81%

    15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.’

  • Num 33:4
    81%

    4Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had killed among them; the LORD also executed judgments on their gods.

  • Ps 135:8-9
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    81%

    8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals.

    9He performed awesome deeds and acts of judgment in your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

  • Ps 105:36
    78%

    36He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

  • Exod 12:21-23
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    21Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them,“Go and select for yourselves a lamb or young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animals.

    22Take a branch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out the door of his house until morning.

    23For the LORD will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the LORD will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

  • Ps 78:51
    77%

    51He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

  • Exod 9:6
    77%

    6And the LORD did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites’ livestock not one died.

  • Exod 12:1
    76%

    1The Institution of the Passover The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

  • Exod 12:27-28
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    27then you will say,‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.’” The people bowed down low to the ground,

    28and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

  • Num 8:17
    75%

    17For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself.

  • Exod 12:41-42
    2 verses
    74%

    41At the end of the 430 years, on the very day, all the regiments of the LORD went out of the land of Egypt.

    42It was a night of vigil for the LORD to bring them out from the land of Egypt, and so on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil to the LORD for generations to come.

  • Num 3:13
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    13because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the LORD.”

  • Exod 14:24
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    24In the morning watch the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian army into a panic.

  • Exod 13:2
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    2“Set apart to me every firstborn male– the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine.”

  • Num 3:40
    73%

    40The Substitution for the Firstborn Then the LORD said to Moses,“Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

  • Exod 9:4
    72%

    4But the LORD will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that the Israelites have.”’”

  • Exod 4:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22You must say to Pharaoh,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Israel is my son, my firstborn,

    23and I said to you,‘Let my son go that he may serve me,’ but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!”’”

  • Exod 12:51
    72%

    51And on this very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments.

  • Heb 11:28
    72%

    28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

  • Exod 9:19-20
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    71%

    19So now, send instructions to gather your livestock and all your possessions in the fields to a safe place. Every person or animal caught in the field and not brought into the house– the hail will come down on them, and they will die!”’”

    20Those of Pharaoh’s servants who feared the LORD’s message hurried to bring their servants and livestock into the houses,

  • Exod 1:22
    71%

    22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people,“All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live.”

  • Exod 12:33
    71%

    33The Egyptians were urging the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly, for they were saying,“We are all dead!”

  • Exod 10:12
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    12The LORD said to Moses,“Extend your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up over the land of Egypt and eat everything that grows in the ground, everything that the hail has left.”

  • Num 3:42
    71%

    42So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

  • Ps 136:10
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    10to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,

  • Exod 9:25
    71%

    25The hail struck everything in the open fields, both people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces.

  • Jer 43:11
    70%

    11He will come and attack Egypt. Those who are destined to die of disease will die of disease. Those who are destined to be carried off into exile will be carried off into exile. Those who are destined to die in war will die in war.

  • Exod 1:18
    70%

    18Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them,“Why have you done this and let the boys live?”