Exodus 4:23

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and I commanded you to release him, so he could worship me. But you refused, and now I will kill your firstborn son.”

Cross References

Psalm 105:36

Then God took the life of every firstborn son.

Psalm 135:8

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

Psalm 136:10

God struck down the firstborn in every Egyptian family. God's love never fails.

Psalm 78:51

He killed the firstborn son of each Egyptian family.

Exodus 10:3

Moses and Aaron went to the king and told him that the LORD God of the Hebrews had said: How long will you stubbornly refuse to obey? Release my people so they can worship me.

Exodus 10:4

Do this by tomorrow, or I will cover your country with so many locusts

Exodus 11:5

and wherever he goes, the firstborn son in every family will die. Your own son will die, and so will the son of the lowest slave woman. Even the firstborn males of cattle will die.

Exodus 12:29

At midnight the LORD killed the firstborn son of every Egyptian family, from the son of the king to the son of every prisoner in jail. He also killed the firstborn male of every animal that belonged to the Egyptians.

Exodus 13:15

The king stubbornly refused to set us free, so the LORD killed the firstborn male of every animal and the firstborn son of every Egyptian family. This is why we sacrifice to the LORD every firstborn male of every animal and save every firstborn son.”

Exodus 18:8

where Moses told him everything the LORD had done to protect Israel against the Egyptians and their king. He also told him how the LORD had helped them in all their troubles.

Exodus 3:18

The leaders of Israel will listen to you. Then you must take them to the king of Egypt and say, “The LORD God of the Hebrews has appeared to us. Let us walk three days into the desert, where we can offer a sacrifice to him.”

Exodus 5:1

Moses and Aaron went to the king of Egypt and told him, “The LORD God says, ‘Let my people go into the desert, so they can honour me with a celebration there.’ ”

Exodus 6:11

to demand that the king of Egypt let the Israelites leave.

Exodus 7:16

Tell him, “The LORD God of the Hebrews sent me to order you to release his people, so they can worship him in the desert. But until now, you have paid no attention.

Exodus 8:1

he said to Moses: Go to the palace and tell the king of Egypt that I order him to let my people go, so they can worship me.

Exodus 8:16

The LORD said to Moses, “Command Aaron to strike the ground with his walking stick, and everywhere in Egypt the dust will turn into gnats.”

Exodus 8:17

They obeyed, and when Aaron struck the ground with the stick, gnats started swarming on people and animals. In fact, every speck of dust in Egypt turned into a gnat.

Exodus 8:20

The LORD said to Moses: Early tomorrow morning, while the king is on his way to the river, go and say to him, “The LORD commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him.

Exodus 9:1

The LORD sent Moses with this message for the king of Egypt: The LORD God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him.

Exodus 9:13

The LORD told Moses to get up early the next morning and say to the king: The LORD God of the Hebrews commands you to let his people go, so they can worship him!

Exodus 9:2

If you keep refusing,

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.