²³ and I say to you, “Let my son go that he may serve me.” If you refuse to let him go, behold, I ^(A)will kill your firstborn son.’”

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

^29 (A)At midnight the ^(B)Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, ^(C)from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.

⁵ 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 ^(A)behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

¹⁶ And you shall say to him, ‘The ^(A)Lord, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, “Let my people go, ^(B)that they may serve me in the wilderness.” But so far, you have not obeyed.

Making Bricks Without Straw

5 Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold ^(A)a feast to me in the wilderness.’”