²³ When the Lord goes through the land to strike^(A) down the Egyptians, he will see the blood^(B) on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over^(C) that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer^(D) to enter your houses and strike you down.

³⁵ That night the angel of the Lord^(A) went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!^(B)

²³ Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel^(A) of the Lord struck him down,^(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.