Moses Warns the Egyptians That the Lord Will Kill Their First-Born Sons
1 The Lord said to Moses:
I am going to punish the king of Egypt and his people one more time. Then the king will gladly let you leave his land. In fact, he will even chase you out. 2 Now go and tell my people to ask their Egyptian neighbors for gold and silver jewelry.
3 So the Lord made the Egyptians greatly respect the Israelites, and everyone, including the king's officials, considered Moses an important leader.
4 Moses went to the king and said:
I have come to let you know what the Lord is going to do. About midnight he will go through the land of Egypt, 5 and wherever he goes, the first-born son in every family will die. Your own son will die, and so will the son of the lowest slave woman. Even the first-born males of your cattle will die. 6 Everywhere in Egypt there will be loud crying. Nothing like this has ever happened before or will ever happen again.
7 But there won't be any need for the Israelites to cry. Things will be so quiet that not even a dog will be heard barking. Then you Egyptians will know that the Lord is good to the Israelites, even while he punishes you. 8 Your leaders will come and bow down, begging me to take my people and leave your country. Then we will leave.
Moses was very angry; he turned and left the king.
9 What the Lord had earlier said to Moses came true. He had said, “The king of Egypt won't listen. Then I will perform even more miracles.” 10 So the king of Egypt saw Moses and Aaron work miracles, but the Lord made him stubbornly refuse to let the Israelites leave his country.
Brīdinājums par pēdējo mocību
(2Moz 3:21–222Moz 12:35–36)1 Kungs teica Mozum: “Vēl vienu sodību es uzsūtīšu faraonam un Ēģiptei – pēc tam viņš jūs no šejienes atlaidīs kā padzīdams – dzīšus izdzīs jūs no šejienes! 2 Saki tautai, lai ik vīrs prasa kaimiņam un ik sieva lai prasa kaimiņienei sudraba lietas un zelta lietas!” 3 Un Kungs darīja ēģiptiešus tautai vēlīgus; arī Mozus bija liels vīrs Ēģiptes zemē – tā šķita gan faraona kalpiem, gan tautai.
4 Un Mozus teica: “Tā saka Kungs: ap pusnakti es iešu pa Ēģipti! 5 Un Ēģiptes zemē mirs visi pirmdzimtie – no faraona, kas sēž tronī, pirmdzimtā līdz verdzenes, kura pie dzirnakmeņiem, pirmdzimtajam, un arī visi lopu pirmdzimtie! 6 Visā Ēģiptes zemē būs liela brēkšana – tādas nav bijis, un tādas vairs nebūs! 7 Uz Israēla dēliem pat suns vairs neries – ne uz vīru, ne lopu, lai jūs zinātu, ka Kungs nošķir ēģiptiešus no Israēla dēliem! 8 Tad visi tavi kalpi nāks pie manis un zemosies man, sacīdami: aizej kopā ar savu tautu, kas tev seko, un tad es aiziešu!” Un viņš aizgāja no faraona, degdams dusmās.
9 Un Kungs teica Mozum: “Faraons jūs neklausīs, lai mani brīnumi vairotos Ēģiptes zemē!” 10 Mozus un Ārons darīja visus šos brīnumus faraona priekšā. Bet Kungs nocietināja faraona sirdi, un viņš neatlaida Israēla dēlus no savas zemes.
