Exodus 11

1Yahweh said to Moses, "I will bring one more plague upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt; after that he will send you from here, and when he sends you he will utterly drive you out from here."

2Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask his neighbor for vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and every woman her neighbor.

3Yahweh gave the people favor before the Egyptians. Even the man Moses was exceedingly great in the land of Egypt, before Pharaoh's servants and before the people.

4Moses said, "Thus says Yahweh: About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt."

5Every firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from Pharaoh's firstborn who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the millstones, and every firstborn among the livestock.

6There will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt like nothing that has ever happened nor will happen again.

7But no dog will sharpen its tongue against any man or even beast among all the sons of Israel, so that you may know that Yahweh distinguishes between the Egyptians and Israel.

8All these servants of yours will come down to me and bow before me, saying, “Go—you and all the people following at your feet—and after that I will go.” He left Pharaoh’s presence burning with anger.

9Yahweh said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt."

10Moses and Aaron performed all these signs before Pharaoh, and Yahweh hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land.