Exodus 11

¹The Lord said to Moses , Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt . Afterward he will let you go from here . When he lets you go , he will drive you away completely .

²Speak now in the hearing of the people , that they ask , every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor , for silver and gold jewelry .

³And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians . Moreover , the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt , in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people .

⁴So Moses said , Thus says the Lord: About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt ,

⁵and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die , from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne , even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill , and all the firstborn of the cattle .

⁶There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt , such as there has never been, nor ever will be again .

⁷But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel , either man or beast , that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel .

⁸And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying , Get out , you and all the people who follow you. And after that I will go out . And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger .

⁹Then the Lord said to Moses , Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt .

¹⁰Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh , and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart , and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land .