Exodus 11:4

and (at once) he said (to the king), The Lord saith these things, At midnight I shall enter into Egypt;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

In Context

3forsooth the Lord shall give grace to his people before the Egyptians. And Moses was a full great man in the land of Egypt, before the servants of Pharaoh and all the people;

5and each first begotten thing in the land of Egyptians shall die, from the first begotten of Pharaoh, that sitteth in the throne of him, till to the first begotten of the handmaid, which is at [the] quern; and all the first engendered of beasts shall die; (and every first-born son in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh, who sitteth on his throne, unto the first-born of the slave-girl, who is at the hand-mill; and also all the first-born male beasts shall die;)

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Cross References

Exodus 12:23For the Lord shall pass [forth] smiting the Egyptians; and when he shall see the blood in the lintel, and in ever either post, (or and when he shall see the blood on the lintel, and on both doorposts), he shall pass (over) the door of the house; and he shall not suffer the smiter to enter into your houses, and to hurt you.

2 Samuel 5:24And when thou shalt hear the sound of (a) cry going in the top (s) of (the) pear trees, then thou shalt begin (the) battle; for then the Lord shall go out before thy face, that he smite the tents of Philistines, (or for then the Lord shall go out before thee, and strike down the host, or the army, of the Philistines).

Psalms 60:10Whether not thou, God, that hast put away us; and shalt thou not, God, go out in our virtues? (Shalt not thou, O God, even though thou hast cast us off, or rejected us? or shalt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts, or our armies, any more?)

Amos 4:10I sent into you death (as) in the way of Egypt, I smote with sword your young men, till to the captivity of your horses, and I made the stink of your hosts to go up into your nostrils; and ye came not again to me, saith the Lord. (I sent death into you, like I did into Egypt, and I struck down your young men with the sword, and I took away your horses, and I made the stink of the corpses, or of the carrion, in your tents, or in your camps, to go up into your nostrils; and still ye did not come back to me, saith the Lord.)

Micah 2:13For he shall go up showing (the) way before them; they shall depart, and pass the gate, and shall go out thereby; and the king of them shall pass before them, and the Lord in the head of them, (or and their king shall go before them, and the Lord shall beat their head).

Matthew Henry on Exodus 11:2-4

The Plagues of Egypt. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of… Read the whole commentary →

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