# Exodus 11 📖: The Final Plague Announced [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Exodus Overview]] | [[Exodus 10]] | [[Exodus 12]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ## Plague Ten: Death [[#Verse 01.]] The Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, he will drive you out completely from this place.  [[#Verse 02.]] Instruct the people that each man and each woman is to request from his or her neighbor items of silver and gold.” [[#Verse 03.]] (Now the Lord granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh’s servants and by the Egyptian people.) [[#Verse 04.]] Moses said, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,  [[#Verse 05.]] and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh 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.  [[#Verse 06.]] There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again.  [[#Verse 07.]] But against any of the Israelites not even a dog will bark against either people or animals, so that you may know that the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.’ [[#Verse 08.]] All these your servants will come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” Then Moses went out from Pharaoh in great anger. [[#Verse 09.]] The Lord said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” [[#Verse 10.]] So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Exodus 11 is one of the shortest chapters in the book, only ten verses long. 2. Moses was highly respected by Pharaoh's officials and the Egyptian people (11:3). 3. The final plague would come at midnight (11:4). 4. The judgment reached from Pharaoh's firstborn on the throne to the firstborn of the slave girl at the hand mill (11:5). 5. Grinding grain by hand with a millstone was among the lowest jobs in the ancient world. 6. Pharaoh's firstborn was the heir to the throne, believed in Egypt to be a future divine king. 7. Egypt would raise a great cry (11:6), echoing Israel's cry under slavery (3:7). 8. Not even a dog would growl at Israel (11:7). Literally, not a dog would "sharpen its tongue." 9. Moses left Pharaoh in great anger (11:8). 10. The tenth plague answers Pharaoh's crime. He killed Israel's sons, and God had warned that He would strike Pharaoh's firstborn (4:22-23). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the firstborn Son whom the Father did not spare (Romans 8:32). Egypt's firstborn died in judgment (11:5), but God gave His own Son so that all who believe would live. ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. God gave Israel favor even with the Egyptians (11:3). How have you seen God give His people favor in unexpected places? 2. The final plague reached every level of society, from Pharaoh to the slave at the millstone (11:5). What does that teach about God's justice? 3. Pharaoh had been warned many times (11:9-10). What happens when we keep ignoring God's warnings? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: One more plague will come, and then Pharaoh will let them go. - 📖 verse 5: Every firstborn in Egypt will die, from Pharaoh's son to the slave girl's son. - 📖 verse 7: The Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Romans 08#Verse 32.|Romans 8:32]] - God did not spare His own Son. - 🔗 [[Exodus 04#Verse 22.|Exodus 4:22-23]] - Israel is God's firstborn son. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 11#Verse 28.|Hebrews 11:28]] - By faith Moses kept the Passover. - 🔗 [[Psalm 135#Verse 08.|Psalm 135:8]] - He struck down the firstborn of Egypt. - 🔗 [[Proverbs 29#Verse 01.|Proverbs 29:1]] - One who stiffens his neck after reproof. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Exodus 11- SOAP|The LORD Shows Us the Ditch]] ## 📂 Internal Notes