Exodus 11
Yahweh Says One More Plague
11Then Yahweh said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; aafter that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely. 2“Speak now in the 1hearing of the people so that aeach man may ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold.” 3a(And Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. bMoreover, the man Moses himself was very great in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.)
4So Moses said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘About amidnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, 5and aall the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the servant-girl who is behind the millstones; and all the firstborn of the cattle. 6‘Moreover, there shall be aa great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again. 7‘aBut for any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even 1bark, whether against man or beast, that you may know how Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’ 8“aThen all these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves 1before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who 2follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” bAnd he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
9Then Yahweh said to Moses, “aPharaoh will not listen to you, so bthat My miraculous wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” 10aNow Moses and Aaron did all these miraculous wonders before Pharaoh; yet bYahweh 1hardened Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.