1 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will send yet another plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Only after this will he let them leave here and even expel them completely.
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2 Tell the people, both men and women, to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
3 The Lord made the Egyptians favorable to the people, and Moses himself was held in high esteem in Egypt by Pharaoh's counselors and the people.
4 So Moses said to Pharaoh, “This is what the Lord says: 'About midnight I will pass through all of Egypt.
5 All the firstborn in Egypt will die, from the eldest son of Pharaoh, heir to the throne, to the eldest son of the slave who works at the mill, and also all the first offspring of the cattle.
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6 There will be great mourning throughout Egypt, such as there never was before and never will be.
7 Among the Israelites, however, not even a dog will bark at man or animal.' Then you will know that the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel!
8 All these counselors of yours will come to me and kneel before me, begging: 'Come out, you and all the people who follow you! ' Only then will I leave.” And Moses left Pharaoh in great anger.
9 The Lord had said to Moses: “Pharaoh will not listen to them, so that my wonders may multiply in Egypt.”
10 Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened his heart, and he would not let the Israelites leave the country.
