Exodus 11:4
Good News Translation
Moses then said to the king, "The LORD says, 'At about midnight I will go through Egypt,

New Revised Standard Version
Moses said, “Thus says the LORD: About midnight I will go out through Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
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,

New American Bible
Moses then said, “Thus says the LORD: About midnight I will go forth through Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: Thus saith the Lord: At midnight I will enter into Egypt:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said: Thus saith the Lord: At midnight I will enter into Egypt:

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Exodus 12:12,23,29 And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments; I am the Lord. . . .

Job 34:20 They shall suddenly die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and they shall pass, and take away the violent without hand.

Amos 4:10 I sent death upon you in the way of Egypt, I slew your young men with the sword, even to the captivity of your horses: and I made the stench of your camp to come up into your nostrils: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.

Amos 5:17 And in all vineyards there shall be wailing: because I will pass through in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.

Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh. Go ye forth to meet him.

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2 Samuel 5:24 And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the Philistines.

Psalm 60:10 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go out with our armies?

Isaiah 42:13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and cry: he shall prevail against his enemies.

Micah 2:13 I will assemble and gather together all of thee, O Jacob: I will bring together the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as a flock in the fold, as sheep in the midst of the sheepcotes, they shall make a tumult by reason of the multitude of men.

Context
The Plague on the Firstborn Foretold
3And the Lord will give favour to his people in the sight of the Egyptians. And Moses was a very great man in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharao's servants, and of all the people. 4And he said: Thus saith the Lord: At midnight I will enter into Egypt:5And every firstborn in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the firstborn of Pharao who sitteth on his throne, even to the firstborn of the handmaid that is at the mill, and all the firstborn of beasts.…
Cross References
Exodus 12:12
And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments; I am the Lord.

Exodus 12:23
For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you.

Exodus 12:29
And it came to pass at midnight, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharao, who sat on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive woman that was in the prison, and all the firstborn of cattle.

Psalm 81:5
He ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

Exodus 11:3
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