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Exodus 12:30 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. "
Exodus 12:30
Verse in Context
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And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did
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.
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless
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Exodus 12:1
"And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,"
Exodus 12:2
"This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year"
Exodus 12:3
"Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:"
Exodus 12:4
"And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb."
Exodus 12:5
"Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:"
Exodus 12:6
"And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening."
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