Exodus 12:29
Now at midnight the Lord struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.
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.
Note dungeon: Heb. house of the pit
At midnight, the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.
And it came to pass at midnight, that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- at midnight
- Exodus 12:12; Exodus 11:4; Exodus 13:15; Job 34:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 3
- the Lord smote
- The infliction of this judgment on the Egyptians was most equitable; because, after their nation had been preserved by one of the Israelitish family, they had, contrary to all right, and in defiance of original stipulation, enslaved the people to whom they had been so much indebted, had murdered their offspring, and made their bondage intolerable. See Bryant, p. 160.
- Numbers 3:13; Numbers 8:17; Numbers 33:4; Psalm 78:51; Psalm 105:36; Psalm 135:8; Psalm 136:10; Hebrews 11:28; Hebrews 12:23
- the first-born of Pharaoh
- Exodus 4:23; Exodus 11:5
- dungeon
- Heb. house of the pit.
- Isaiah 24:22; Isaiah 51:14; Jeremiah 38:6, 13; Zechariah 9:11