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Exodus 12:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

That same night I will pass through Egypt and kill the firstborn son in every family and the firstborn male of all animals. I am the LORD, and I will punish the gods of Egypt.

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Then David ordered his troops to burn the idols that the Philistines had left behind.

The LORD killed the firstborn of people and animals in the land of Egypt.

When all the other gods have come together, the Lord God judges them and says:

“I, the Most High God, say that all of you are gods and also my own children.

You will not be harmed, though thousands fall all around you.

The LORD is the greatest God, king over all other gods.

During that night the LORD will go through the country of Egypt and kill the firstborn son in every Egyptian family. He will see where you have put the blood, and he will not come into your house. His angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your firstborn sons.

Now I know that the LORD is the greatest God, because he has rescued Israel from their arrogant enemies.”

Then he must stand beside either the door or the doorpost at the place of worship, while his owner punches a small hole through one of his ears with a sharp metal rod. This makes him a slave for life.

Don't speak evil of me or of the ruler of your people.

It happened the next day—all the animals belonging to the Egyptians died, but the Israelites did not lose even one.

This is a message about Egypt: The LORD comes to Egypt, riding swiftly on a cloud. The people are weak from fear. Their idols tremble as he approaches and says,

I will let him set Egypt's temples on fire, and he will either burn or carry off their idols. He will destroy the sacred monuments at the temple of the sun-god. Then Nebuchadnezzar will pick the land clean, just like a shepherd picking the lice off his clothes. And he will return safely home.

I am the LORD All-Powerful, the God of Israel. Soon I will punish the god Amon of Thebes and the other Egyptian gods, the Egyptian kings, the people of Egypt, and everyone who trusts in the Egyptian power.

Some of them will survive the war, the starvation, and the deadly diseases. That way, they will be able to tell foreigners how disgusting their sins were, and that it was the LORD who punished them in this way.

Your vineyards will be filled with crying and weeping, because I will punish you. I, the LORD, have spoken!

I will fiercely attack. Then every god on this earth will shrink to nothing, and everyone of every nation will bow down to me, right where they are.

When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, they found the statue lying face down on the floor in front of the sacred chest. They put the statue back where it belonged.

So make five gold models of the sores and five gold models of the rats that are wiping out your crops. If you honour the God of Israel with this gift, perhaps he will stop causing trouble for you and your gods and your crops.




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