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Moses said, "Thus says the Lord , ‘About ^(e)midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt,

and ^(f)all 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 slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well.

Moreover, there shall be ^(g)a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.

^(h)But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even ^[c]bark, whether against man or beast, that you may ^[d]understand how the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.'

⁽ⁱ⁾All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves ^[e]before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who ^[f]follow you,' and after that I will go out." ^(j)And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "^(k)Pharaoh will not listen to you, so ^(l)that My wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt."

^(m)Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet ⁽ⁿ⁾the Lord ^[g]hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.