Exodus 12:29

World English Bible (2000)

It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck 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 dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock.

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  • Exod 4:23 : 23 and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"
  • Ps 78:51 : 51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
  • Ps 105:36 : 36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.
  • Ps 135:8 : 8 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;
  • Ps 136:10 : 10 To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;
  • Num 8:17 : 17 For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.
  • Num 33:4 : 4 while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them: on their gods also Yahweh executed judgments.
  • Exod 11:4-5 : 4 Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt, 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.
  • Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh.
  • Exod 13:15 : 15 and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
  • Num 3:13 : 13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."
  • Job 34:20 : 20 In a moment they die, even at midnight. The people are shaken and pass away. The mighty are taken away without a hand.
  • Exod 9:6 : 6 Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
  • Isa 24:22 : 22 They shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.
  • Isa 51:14 : 14 The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
  • Jer 38:6 : 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king's son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
  • Jer 38:13 : 13 So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
  • Zech 9:11 : 11 As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I have set free your prisoners from the pit in which is no water.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. 3 For when they are saying, "Peace and safety," then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

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  • Exod 12:12-13
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    87%

    12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh.

    13The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 11:4-6
    3 verses
    86%

    4Moses said, "This is what Yahweh says: 'About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt,

    5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.

    6There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been, nor shall be any more.

  • Exod 12:30-31
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    30Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

    31He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!

  • Exod 13:15
    81%

    15and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

  • Num 33:4
    81%

    4while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them: on their gods also Yahweh executed judgments.

  • Ps 135:8-9
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    81%

    8Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal;

    9Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants;

  • Ps 105:36
    78%

    36He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

  • Exod 12:21-23
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    21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.

    22You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

    23For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

  • Ps 78:51
    77%

    51and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

  • Exod 9:6
    77%

    6Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.

  • Exod 12:1
    76%

    1Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

  • Exod 12:27-28
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    75%

    27that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'" The people bowed their heads and worshiped.

    28The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

  • Num 8:17
    75%

    17For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.

  • Exod 12:41-42
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    74%

    41It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the armies of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt.

    42It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

  • Num 3:13
    74%

    13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."

  • Exod 14:24
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    24It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.

  • Exod 13:2
    73%

    2"Sanctify to me all of the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine."

  • Num 3:40
    73%

    40Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

  • Exod 9:4
    72%

    4Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"

  • Exod 4:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22You shall tell Pharaoh, 'Thus says Yahweh, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

    23and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"

  • Exod 12:51
    72%

    51It happened the same day, that Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

  • Heb 11:28
    72%

    28By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

  • Exod 9:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. Every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn't brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die."'"

    20Those who feared the word of Yahweh among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.

  • Exod 1:22
    71%

    22Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."

  • Exod 12:33
    71%

    33The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men."

  • Exod 10:12
    71%

    12Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left."

  • Num 3:42
    71%

    42Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

  • Ps 136:10
    71%

    10To him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;

  • Exod 9:25
    71%

    25The hail struck throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and animal; and the hail struck every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field.

  • Jer 43:11
    70%

    11He shall come, and shall strike the land of Egypt; such as are for death [shall be given] to death, and such as are for captivity to captivity, and such as are for the sword to the sword.

  • Exod 1:18
    70%

    18The king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and have saved the boys alive?"