11:1 耶和華對摩西說：「我再使一樣的災殃臨到法老和埃及，然後他必容你們離開這地。他容你們去的時候，總要催逼你們都從這地出去。
11:2 你要傳於百姓的耳中，叫他們男女各人向鄰舍要金器銀器。」
11:3 耶和華叫百姓在埃及人眼前蒙恩，並且摩西在埃及地、法老臣僕，和百姓的眼中看為極大。
11:4 摩西說：「耶和華這樣說：『約到半夜，我必出去巡行埃及遍地。
11:5 凡在埃及地，從坐寶座的法老直到磨子後的婢女所有的長子，以及一切頭生的牲畜，都必死。
11:6 埃及遍地必有大哀號；從前沒有這樣的，後來也必沒有。
11:7 至於以色列中，無論是人是牲畜，連狗也不敢向他們搖舌，好叫你們知道耶和華是將埃及人和以色列人分別出來。』
11:8 你這一切臣僕都要俯伏來見我，說：『求你和跟從你的百姓都出去』，然後我要出去。」於是，摩西氣忿忿地離開法老，出去了。
11:9 耶和華對摩西說：「法老必不聽你們，使我的奇事在埃及地多起來。」
11:10 摩西、亞倫在法老面前行了這一切奇事；耶和華使法老的心剛硬，不容以色列人出離他的地。
Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague
on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go from here, and when he
does, he will drive you out completely. 2 Tell the people that men and
women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
3 (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and Moses
himself was highly regarded in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)
4 So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt. 5 Every
firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on
the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill,
and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. 6 There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt—worse
than there has ever been or ever will be again. 7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any
person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a
distinction between Egypt and Israel. 8 All these officials of yours will come to me,
bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go, you and all the people who follow you!’
After that I will leave.” Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
9 The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen to you—so that my
wonders may be multiplied in Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron performed
all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened
Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.
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法老一再的抵擋上帝，也讓我們感受到人心的悖逆事十分可怕，而且把人引到滅亡的路上。可是人的無知卻使人一直抵擋下去，讓人無法在上帝面前否認自己的罪！
而人要能從這樣悖逆的狀態出來，除非聖靈將人喚醒，讓人清楚自己做的事什麼，知道這是多麼危險的事！除非人透過耶穌基督的救恩，人沒有真正的平安可言！而這一切都是上帝主動來拯救，不然我們是不會悔改的！
因此，我們要為自己能悔改信主來感謝上帝，因為這一切都是上帝的恩典，上帝得拯救！也因此，我們要誇要主耶穌和祂釘十字架！要不是上帝透過主耶穌所賜的平安，我們怎能回到上帝的懷中呢！
