Exodus 12:33

And the Egyptians were forcing the people on, to get them out of the land quickly; for they said, We are all dead men.

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In The King James Version

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

In Context

32And take your flocks and your herds as you have said, and be gone; and give me your blessing.

34And the people took their bread-paste before it was leavened, putting their basins in their clothing on their backs.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

Exodus 11:1And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go, he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force.

Psalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they went; for the fear of them had come down on them.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:30-37

The Death of the Firstborn. ( b. c. 1491.) 29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 And Pharaoh 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. 31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said,… Read the whole commentary →

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