EXODUS 12:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.”
At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. The execution happens exactly as announced: at midnight, all the firstborn. The range — from the throne to the dungeon — is complete. Prisoners in the dungeon have committed no offense against Israel; their firstborn die alongside Pharaoh's son. The comprehensiveness of the judgment is its theological point: there is no exemption within Egypt on the grounds of personal innocence. The only exemption is the blood on the doorpost. Romans 3:23 says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God — the tenth plague enacts at national scale what Romans declares at universal scale. The only protection is the covering God provides, not the righteousness the individual claims.
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