[1] And the Lord said to Moses, I will send one more punishment on Pharaoh
and on Egypt; after that he will let you go; and when he does let you go,
he will not keep one of you back, but will send you out by force. [2] So go
now and give orders to the people that every man and every woman is to get
from his or her neighbour ornaments of silver and of gold. [3] And the Lord
gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was
highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.
[4] And Moses said, This is what the Lord says: About the middle of the
night I will go out through Egypt: [5] And death will come to every
mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of
Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the
grain; and the first births of all the cattle. [6] And there will be a
great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be
again. [7] But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as
the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a
division between Israel and the Egyptians. [8] And all these your servants
will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out,
and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went
away from Pharaoh burning with wrath. [9] And the Lord said to Moses,
Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in
the land of Egypt. [10] All these wonders Moses and Aaron did before
Pharaoh: but the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he did not let the
children of Israel go out of his land.
