Exodus 11
10 verses
Exodus 11 is the briefest chapter in this section but carries the heaviest weight: God announces the final plague. One more blow will fall on Egypt, and after it Pharaoh will drive Israel out completely. The plague will be unlike anything that came before: every firstborn in Egypt, from Pharaoh's son on the throne to the slave girl at the mill, will die at midnight. A great cry will go up through Egypt unlike any ever heard before or since. But not a dog will bark against any of the Israelites — the distinction God established in the plague of flies is here taken to its ultimate expression. Moses delivers this message to Pharaoh in hot anger and goes out. The chapter is transitional, a hinge between the nine plagues and the final one, and it arrives with an almost unbearable solemnity. Hebrews 11:28 notes that Moses kept the Passover by faith. The announcement of the tenth plague forces both Pharaoh and the reader to reckon with what persistent rejection of God's word ultimately costs. Grace has limits not because God is capricious but because sustained refusal eventually receives what it has chosen.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
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Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
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And the Lord gave the people favour 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.
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And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
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And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
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And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
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But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
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And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
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And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
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And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
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