Then He struck all the first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,
“Re’uḇĕn, you are my first-born, my power and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of exaltation and the excellency of power.
Who struck the first-born of Mitsrayim, From man to beast.
To Him who struck Mitsrayim in their first-born, For His loving-commitment is everlasting;
And He struck all the first-born in Mitsrayim, The first-fruits of strength in the tents of Ḥam,
‘And I shall pass through the land of Mitsrayim on that night, and shall strike all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, both man and beast. And on all the mighty ones of Mitsrayim I shall execute judgment. I am יהוה.
so I say to you, let My son go to serve Me. But if you refuse to let him go, see, I am killing your son, your first-born.” ’ ”
By belief, he performed the Pĕsaḥ and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the first-born should touch them.