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Exd 12:29 — And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

Phrase from KJV (Help)		Correlating Verses

at midnight	Exd 12:12; Exd 11:4; Exd 13:15; Job 34:20; 1Th 5:2,3
the LORD smote	The infliction of this judgment on the Egyptians was most equitable; because, after their nation had been preserved by one of the Israelitish family, they had, contrary to all right, and in defiance of original stipulation, enslaved the people to whom they had been so much indebted, had murdered their offspring, and made their bondage intolerable. See Bryant, p. 160. Num 3:13; Num 8:17; Num 33:4; Psa 78:51; Psa 105:36; Psa 135:8; Psa 136:10; Hbr 11:28; Hbr 12:23
the first-born of Pharaoh	Exd 4:23; Exd 11:5
dungeon	Heb. house of the pit. Isa 24:22; Isa 51:14; Jer 38:6,13; Zec 9:11

Correlated Passages Using KJV

at midnight

the LORD smote

the first-born of Pharaoh

dungeon

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