Wisdom 18:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Fifth Example: Death of the Egyptian Firstborn; the Israelites Are Spared
5 When they determined to put to death the infants of the holy ones,
and when a single boy[a] had been cast forth and then saved,
As a reproof you carried off a multitude of their children
and made them perish all at once in the mighty water.(A)
6 That night was known beforehand to our ancestors,
so that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage.(B)
7 The expectation of your people
was the salvation of the righteous and the destruction of their foes.(C)
Footnotes
- 18:5 Single boy: Moses.
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