29AND HE SAID MOSES RIGHT YOU HAVE SPOKEN NOT I WILL REPEAT AGAIN TO SEE FACE YOUR 29“As you say,” Moses replied, “I will never see your face again
1AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO MOSES YET A PLAGUE ONE I WILL BRING ON PHARAOH AND ON EGYPT AFTER THUS HE WILL LET GO <OBJ.> YOU FROM HERE WHEN LETS [YOU] GO HE COMPLETELY COMPLETELY <DRIVE OUT> HE WILL DRIVE OUT <OBJ.> YOU FROM HERE The Plague on the Firstborn Foretold 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.
2SPEAK PLEASE IN [THE] EARS OF THE PEOPLE SO THEY MAY ASK EVERYONE [MASC] FROM WITH NEIGHBOR [MASC] HIS AND EVERYONE [FEM] FROM WITH NEIGHBOR [FEM] HER ARTICLES OF SILVER AND ARTICLES OF GOLD 2Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
3AND HE GAVE YAHWEH <OBJ.> [THE] FAVOR OF THE PEOPLE IN [THE] EYES OF EGYPT ALSO THE MAN MOSES [WAS] GREAT VERY IN [THE] LAND OF EGYPT IN [THE] EYES OF [THE] SERVANTS OF PHARAOH AND IN [THE] EYES OF THE PEOPLE 3And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, Moses himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.
4AND HE SAID MOSES THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH ABOUT [THE] MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I [AM] ABOUT TO GO OUT IN [THE] MIDST OF EGYPT 4So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
5AND HE WILL DIE EVERY FIRSTBORN IN [THE] LAND OF EGYPT FROM [THE] FIRSTBORN OF PHARAOH WHO SITS ON THRONE HIS UNTO [THE] FIRSTBORN OF THE MAIDSERVANT WHO [IS] BEHIND THE HAND-MILL AND EVERY FIRSTBORN OF LIVESTOCK 5and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
6AND IT WILL BE A CRY GREAT IN ALL [THE] LAND OF EGYPT WHICH LIKE IT NOT IT HAS OCCURRED AND LIKE IT NOT IT WILL REPEAT 6Then a great cry will go out over all the land of Egypt. Such an outcry has never been heard before and will never be heard again.
7AND TO ALL [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL NOT IT WILL SHARPEN A DOG TONGUE ITS TO FROM A HUMAN AND UNTO LIVESTOCK SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW! THAT HE SEPARATES YAHWEH BETWEEN EGYPT AND BETWEEN ISRAEL 7But among all the Israelites, not even a dog will snarl at man or beast.’*NoteCloseSome translators close this quotation at the end of the verse. Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
8AND THEY WILL COME DOWN ALL SERVANTS YOUR THESE TO ME AND THEY WILL BOW DOWN TO <THE> ME <TO> SAYING GO OUT YOU AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHICH [IS] AT FEET YOUR AND AFTER THUS I WILL GO OUT AND HE WENT OUT FROM WITH PHARAOH WITH HEAT OF ANGER 8And all these officials of yours will come and bow before me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that, I will depart.” And hot with anger, Moses left Pharaoh’s presence.
9AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO MOSES NOT HE WILL LISTEN TO YOU PHARAOH SO AS TO BE MANY WONDERS MY IN [THE] LAND OF EGYPT 9The LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
10AND MOSES AND AARON THEY DID <OBJ.> ALL THE WONDERS <THE> THESE <TO> BEFORE PHARAOH AND HE MADE STRONG YAHWEH <OBJ.> [THE] HEART OF PHARAOH AND NOT HE LET GO <OBJ.> [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL FROM LAND HIS 10Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the LORD hardened*NoteCloseOr stiffened or strengthened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the Israelites go out of his land.