11:3 (Now the Lord granted the people favor with 5 the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.) 6
11:4 Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight 7 I will go throughout Egypt, 8 11:5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh 9 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. 11:6 There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, 10 nor ever will be again. 11 11:7 But against any of the Israelites not even a dog will bark 12 against either people or animals, 13 so that you may know that the Lord distinguishes 14 between Egypt and Israel.’ 11:8 All these your servants will come down to me and bow down 15 to me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow 16 you,’ and after that I will go out.” Then Moses 17 went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
11:9 The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders 18 may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
11:10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land.