Exodus 12:33

And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”

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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

32Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

34So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:3One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

Exodus 11:1Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will bring upon Pharaoh and Egypt one more plague. After that, he will allow you to leave this place. And when he lets you go, he will drive you out completely.

Psalms 105:38Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen 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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