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Exodus 11 — Sermon Preparation

God announces the final plague — the death of every firstborn in Egypt — and Moses delivers the warning to Pharaoh for the last time. Below is a research summary for Exodus 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Exodus 11 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

HebrewTransliterationStrong'sCountGlosses
פַּרְעֹהParʻôhH65477Paroh
מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47147Mitsrajim
בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwrH10604first-born, chief
מֹשֶׁהMôshehH48725Mosheh
יָצָאyâtsâʼH33184go, bring
עַםʻamH59714people, tribe
מוֹפֵתmôwphêthH41592miracle, token

How preachers through history handled this text

7 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry3Calvin1Alexander MacLaren1Spurgeon1John Wesley1

“Pharaoh had told Moses to get out of his presence (ch. x. 28), and Moses had promised this should be the last time he would trouble him, yet he resolves to say out what he had to say, before he left him; accordingly, we have in this chapter, I. The instructions God had given to Moses, which he was now to pursue (ver. 1, 2), together with the interest Israel and Moses had in the esteem of the Egyptians, ver. 3. II. The last message Moses delivered to Pharaoh, concerning the death of the firstborn, ver. 4-8. III. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Exodus 11:1–35 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt— Ex 11:1

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