Exodus 12:33

And the Egyptians pressed the people to go forth out of the land speedily, saying: We shall all die.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

32Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you demanded, and departing, bless me.

34The people therefore took dough before it was leavened: and tying it in their cloaks, put it on their shoulders.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3And God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and he said to him: Lo thou shalt die for the woman thou hast taken: for she hath a husband.

Exodus 11:1And the Lord said to Moses: Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharao and Egypt, and after that he shall let you go and thrust you out.

Psalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon 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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