²² Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son,^{(A) 23} and I told you, “Let my son go,^(B) so he may worship^(C) me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”^(D)

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