Exodus 11:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The firstborn

Behind

General references

Exodus 4:23

Psalm 136:10

Ezekiel 3:8

Bible References

The firstborn

So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’”

For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the Lord.

It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

And smote all the firstborn in Egypt,
The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham.

He also struck down all the firstborn in their land,
The first fruits of all their vigor.

He smote the firstborn of Egypt,

Both of man and beast.

To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

By faith he

kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

Behind

Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.

“Take the millstones and grind meal.
Remove your veil, strip off the skirt,
Uncover the leg, cross the rivers.

Young men

worked at the grinding mill,

And youths stumbled under loads of wood.

Two women will be grinding at the

mill; one will be taken and one will be left.

General references

So I said to you, ‘Let My son go that he may serve Me’; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.”’”

To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,

Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.