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Numbers 33:4

2 At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:

3 On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians,

who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.

5 The Israelites set out from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

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BSB
who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.
KJV
For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
WEB
while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck among them. The LORD also executed judgments on their gods.
ASV
while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had smitten among them: upon their gods also Jehovah executed judgments.
DARBY
And the Egyptians buried those whom Jehovah had smitten among them, all the firstborn; and upon their gods Jehovah executed judgments.
BLB
For Egypt were burying those whom YHWH had struck down among them, all the firstborn, and on their gods YHWH had executed judgments.
ÅB
mens egypterne jordet dem som Herren hadde slått ihjel blant dem, alle sine førstefødte; også over deres guder hadde Herren holdt dom.
OTB
mens egypterne begravde alle sine førstefødte, som Herren hadde slått ned blant dem; for Herren hadde utført dommer mot deres guder.
B1930
mens egypterne jordet dem som Herren hadde slått ihjel blandt dem, alle sine førstefødte; også over deres guder hadde Herren holdt dom.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:12

    On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

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  • Zephaniah 2:11

    The LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.

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  • Isaiah 19:1

    This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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  • Revelation 12:7–9

    Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

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  • Exodus 18:11

    Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”

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  • Exodus 12:29–30

    Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

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  • Psalms 105:36

    Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

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