11:1 And Yahweh said to Moses, “I will bring one more¹ plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after this he will release you from this place. When he releases you,² “he will drive you out completely³ from this place.” 11:2 Speak now in the ears⁴ of the people, and let each man ask⁵ from his neighbor, and each woman from her neighbor,⁶ articles of silver and articles of gold.”⁷

11:3 And Yahweh gave the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of the people.⁸

11:4 And Moses said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘About midnight⁹ I will go out into the midst of Egypt, 11:5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the first born of Pharaoh¹⁰ who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 11:6 And there will be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, as there has never been,¹¹ nor ever will be again.¹² 11:7 But against any of the Israelites, not even a dog will move its tongue,¹³ against people or against animals,¹⁴ that you might know that Yahweh makes a distinction¹⁵ between Egypt and Israel.’ 11:8 And all these your servants will come down to me and bow down¹⁶ to me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow¹⁷ you’; and after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

11:9 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, that my wonders¹⁸ might be multiplied in the land of Egypt”

11:10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; but Yahweh hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land.