Exodus chapter 11. A final plague threatened. The Lord said to Moses, yet one plague more I will bring

upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward, he will let you go from here. When he lets you go,

he will drive you away completely. Speak now in the hearing of the

people that they ask every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor for silver and gold jewelry.

And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians.

Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants,

and in the sight of the people.

So Moses said, thus says the Lord, about midnight, I will go out in the midst of Egypt, and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the

slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. There shall be a great cry

throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. But not a dog

shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction

between Egypt and Israel. And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me saying,

get out you and all the people who follow you. And after that I will go out, and he went out from Pharaoh

in hot anger. Then the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders may be

multiplied in the land of Egypt. Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart,

and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.

Exodus chapter 12.

The Passover

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, in the land of Egypt, this month shall be for you the beginning of

months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the

10th day of this month, every man shall take a lamb according to their father's houses, a lamb for a household.

And if the household is too small for a lamb,

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