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exodus 12:12 'For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments-- I am the LORD.
12. smite . . . gods of Egypt--perhaps used here for
princes and grandees. But, according to Jewish tradition, the idols of
Egypt were all on that night broken in pieces (see
Nu 33:4;
Isa 19:1).