The Death of the First-Born (EXO 12:29-36)

[12:29] At midnight the Lord killed all the first-born sons in Egypt, from the king's son, who was heir to the throne, to the son of the prisoner in the dungeon; all the first-born of the animals were also killed.

[12:30] That night, the king, his officials, and all the other Egyptians were awakened. There was loud crying throughout Egypt, because there was not one home in which there was not a dead son.

[12:31] That same night the king sent for Moses and Aaron and said, “Get out, you and your Israelites! Leave my country; go and worship the Lord, as you asked.

[12:32] Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and leave. Also pray for a blessing on me.”

[12:33] The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country; they said, “We will all be dead if you don't leave.”

[12:34] So the people filled their baking pans with unleavened dough, wrapped them in clothing, and carried them on their shoulders.

[12:35] The Israelites had done as Moses had said, and had asked the Egyptians for gold and silver jewelry and for clothes.

[12:36] The Lord made the Egyptians respect the people and give them what they asked for. In this way the Israelites carried away the wealth of the Egyptians.

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