Exodus 12:34

Therefore, the people took bread dough before it was leavened. And tying it in their cloaks, they placed it on their shoulders.

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In The King James Version

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

In Context

33And the Egyptians urged the people to go away from the land quickly, saying, “We will all die.”

35And the sons of Israel did just as Moses had instructed. And they petitioned the Egyptians for vessels of silver and of gold, and very many garments.

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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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