출애굽기 Chapter 11

Translation: ESV

1

The LORD said to Moses, 'Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely.'

Key Message

God's salvation is completed through the full exercise of God's sovereign power that creates a situation where the oppressor can no longer hold on.

▸The announcement of the tenth and final plague.

The announcement of the tenth and final plague. The prophecy that 'not only will he let you go but he will drive you away completely' foretells that Israel's departure will be accomplished not by Pharaoh's permission but by being driven out. The completion of salvation sometimes requires a situation where the oppressor can no longer hold on.

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The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, 'We shall all be dead.'
4

So Moses said, 'Thus says the LORD: About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt,

Key Message

The night when God acts directly becomes a night of salvation for the oppressed and a night of judgment for the oppressors.

▸A declaration that God 'Himself' will pass through Egypt at midnight.

5

And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle.

Key Message

God's judgment comes upon all impartially regardless of social position; the justice that what oppressors did to the weak returns to them is fulfilled.

▸The death of the firstborn includes all social classes—from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on the throne to the firstborn of the slave girl with the lowest status.

7

But not a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

Key Message

In God's judgment, His own people are protected in complete peace and security, and this distinction reveals who Yahweh is.

▸'Not even a dog shall growl against any of the people of Israel' vividly depicts that Israel will be in complete peace and security.