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VERSE: Ex12-29c

NOTE: This posting is best read in conjunction with the
postings on the verse Ex11-05c and Ex11-29c. Please visit
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h12n21.htm

====================== WHICH 1stBORN were PUNISHED =============

BACKGROUND
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Recall we are discussing the 10th plague that God brought on
Egypt--the smiting of the 1stborn.

THE TEXT
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The punishment is mentioned in two verse Ex11-05 and Ex12-29.
Four categories of 1stborn are mentioned as being punished
The 1stborn of (a)Pharoh (b) Maids (c) the Prisoners (d)animals
But Pharoh who himself was a firstborn (Kingship was passed on
via the 1stborn) was not killed but spared(Ex09-15:16)

THE RASHI
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Rashi explains that Pharoh was spared
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in order that he tell the world
what God did to Egypt
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Here is the list
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Ex11-05,Ex12-29   MENTIONED?    REASON FOR NON-MENTION
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Pharoh            absent        Ex09-15:16 God let Pharoh live*1
Pharohs 1stborn   Mentioned
Maids 1stborn     Mentioned
Prisoner 1stborn  Mentioned
Animal 1stborn    Mentioned

NOTES
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*1 The full text of the verse is as follows
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   I could kill you and your nation now. But I LET YOU LIVE
   ...IN ORDER TO SHOW YOU MY MIGHT AND IN ORDER THAT YOU
   TELL HUMAN CIVILIZATION
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