Exodus 11

God said to Moses, “I will bring one more disaster on the king of Egypt and on all his people. After that, he will let you leave. When he does, he will absolutely chase you out of Egypt.

Speak quickly to all the Israelites. Tell them to ask all their Egyptian neighbors, both men and women, to give them things made from silver and gold.”

God made the Egyptians willing to help the Israelites. Also, the king’s officials and all the rest of the people thought that Moses was one of the most important men in Egypt. \*

Then Moses said {to the king}, “This is what God says: ‘About midnight I will go through Egypt,

and I will kill every oldest son in Egypt. I will kill without exception: the rich king’s oldest son, the poor mill slave’s oldest son, and even every oldest male born among the animals. \*

When that happens, people all over Egypt will lament more terribly than anyone ever has lamented before and more than anyone ever will again.

But dogs will not even bark at the Israelites or at their animals. Then you will know for sure that I, God, am treating the Egyptians differently from the Israelites.’

Then all these officials of yours will come and bow down before me and will say, ‘Please get out of Egypt, you and everyone who is with you!’ After that, we will leave Egypt!” When Moses had said that, he left the king very angrily. \*

Then God said to Moses, “The king will not obey you. This is so I can cause many disastrous miracles in his country.”

Moses and Aaron did all these miracles in front of the king, but God made the king stubborn. The king did not let the Israelites leave his land. \*