Exodus 12:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

1 Thessalonians 5:2

The lord smote

The first-born of pharaoh

Exodus 4:23

Exodus 11:5

Dungeon

General references

Exodus 4:23

Psalm 136:10

Bible References

At midnight

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both among man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

And Moses said, The LORD hath said thus, About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt,

and it came to pass when Pharaoh was hardening himself to not let us go that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt from the human firstborn to the firstborn of the beast; therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD every male that opens the womb, and I ransom every firstborn of my sons.

In a moment they shall die, and the peoples shall be troubled at midnight and shall pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

For ye know well that the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night.

The lord smote

because all the firstborn are mine; from the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of men and of animals; they shall be mine: I am the LORD.

For all the firstborn of the sons of Israel are mine, both of man and of animals; from the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

For the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them, the LORD having also executed judgments upon their gods.

and smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham:

He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

He who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast;

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures for ever:

By faith he kept the passover and the sprinkling of the blood lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

to the congregation of the called out ones of the firstborn, who are registered in the heavens and to God the Judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect

The first-born of pharaoh

And I have said unto thee, Let my son go that he may serve me, but thou hast refused to let him go; therefore, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill and all the firstborn of beasts.

Dungeon

And they shall be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in the pit and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days they shall be visited.

The prisoner is anxious that he may be loosed and that he should not die in the pit nor that his bread should fail.

Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have taken thy prisoners out of the pit in which there is no water.

General references

And I have said unto thee, Let my son go that he may serve me, but thou hast refused to let him go; therefore, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures for ever: