Numbers 33:4

Who were burying their firstborn, whom the Lord had slain (upon their gods also he had executed vengeance,)

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

In Context

3Now the children of Israel departed from Ramesses the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the phase, with a mighty hand, in the eight of all the Egyptians,

5And they camped in Soccoth.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:12And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.

Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is great above all gods: because they dealt proudly against them.

Psalms 105:36And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.

Zephaniah 2:11The Lord shall be terrible upon them, and shall consume all the gods of the earth: and they shall adore him every man from his own place, all the islands of the Gentiles.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 33:2-50

Encampments of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord : and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an… Read the whole commentary →

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