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Lexicon :: Strong's H4714 - miṣrayim

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מִצְרַיִם
Transliteration
miṣrayim
Pronunciation
mits-rah'-yim
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Part of Speech
adjective, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1235

Strong’s Definitions

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x

The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 681x
The KJV translates Strong's H4714 in the following manner: Egypt (586x), Egyptian (90x), Mizraim (4x), Egyptians (with H1121) (1x).
proper locative noun

  1. Egypt = "land of the Copts"

    1. a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows

      adjective

  2. Egyptians = "double straits"

    1. the inhabitants or natives of Egypt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim; dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:—Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
STRONGS H4714: Abbreviations
מִצְרַ֫יִם 681 proper name, of a territory and people, feminineExodus 10:7, masculineExodus 12:33, masculine pluralGenesis 41:55 etc. (see below 2), Egypt, Egyptians (Phoenician מצרם; Assyrian Mǔṣŭr(u), Muṣru, Miṣir, DlPar 308 SchrCOT Glossary KGF 246 ff., Tel Amarna Mišrî, WklTA 39 * BezBM 152, and Mašrî Wkll. c.; Arabic bdb059503 Cairo, Egypt (Spiro): Minean Miṣru HomA and A. (1892), 125; see EbÄgM 71 ff.; Greek Version of the LXX Αιγυπτος; — derivatives and form dubious; יִַ֯ם usually regarded as dual term. (Upper and Lower Egypt? compare DiGenesis 10:6), but as locative ending EMeyGeschichte. I, § 42 BaNB p. 319 R. 5; JenZA iv (1889), 268 ff. thinks מִצְרַיִם absolute formed by analogy of מַיִם, שָׁמַיִם from Miṣrî (compare Tel Amarna); see further Wklinfra, near the end); — מ׳ Genesis 13:1 +; מִצְרָ֑יִם Genesis 37:36 +; מִצְרַיְמָה Genesis 12:10 + 12 times, מִצְרָ֑יְמָה Genesis 12:11 + 14 times; —
1.
a. of land, Egypt Genesis 13:1 + 500 times, +, in all periods, including אֶרֶץ מ׳ Genesis 13:10 + approximately + 220 times (of course feminine, Genesis 47:6, 13); אַדְמַת מ׳ the soil of Egypt † Genesis 47:20, 26; מֵימֵי מ׳ † Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:2; נְהַר מ׳ † Genesis 15:18; יְאֹר מ׳ † Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; יְאֹרֵי מ׳ † Isaiah 7:18 (compare מָצוֺר); שִׁיחוֺר מ׳ † 1 Chronicles 13:5; לְשׁוֺן יָםמֿ׳ † Isaiah 11:15; נַחַל מ׳ Joshua 15:4 + 6 times (see these various words); land as productive Genesis 45:20; Genesis 49:23, compare שֵׁשׁ בְּרִקְמָה מִמּ׳ Ezekiel 27:7, אֵטוּן מ׳ Proverbs 7:16; often || בּוּשׁ, especially in prophets and poetry Isaiah 20:3, 4, 5; Isaiah 45:14; Ezekiel 30:4, 9 +; || אַשּׁוּר Hosea 11:11; Hosea 12:1; Isaiah 7:18; Jeremiah 2:18 +; including Upper Egypt (פַּתְרוֹם), as well as Lower, Jeremiah 44:1, compare Ezekiel 29:10; Ezekiel 30:6; apparently distinguished from Upper Egypt Isaiah 11:11, and possibly also Jeremiah 44:15 (compare Gf Gie Buhl SS CheHpt Isaiah); but פתרוס etc. in these verses somewhat dubious (compare B. Du Gie).
b. combinations are:
(1) מ׳ as limit of motion: מצרימ(ה)יָרַד Genesis 43:15; Joshua 24:4 + with + 12 times; מ׳ בּוֹא + with + 26 times, בְמ׳ בוא † Isaiah 19:23, לְמ׳ בוא † Jeremiah 44:218; מ׳ מ׳שׁוּב Hoshea 8:3 + 9 times, אֶל־מ׳ שׁוּב † Hoshea 11:5, שׁוּב מ׳ לְאַרְצוֹ † Jeremiah 37:7; מ׳ בָּרַח † 1 Kings 11:40; מ׳ שָׁלַח † Jeremiah 26:22; so (+אֶל־) Jeremiah 26:22. In Jeremiah 42:16b read בְּמ׳ with Gie.
(2) מ׳ as point of departure (הֶעֱלָה) מ׳ מִן־(אִרץ) עָלָה Genesis 13:1 + with + 43 times; יָצָא (הוֹצִיא) מ׳ מִן־(ארץ) Exodus 12:39 + with + 96 times; מִמּ׳ פָּדָה † 2 Samuel 7:23 (but de. Gei Urschr. 288 We Dr Kit Bu) = 1 Chronicles 17:21; מִמּ׳ בּוֹא † 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 20:10; מִמּ׳ שׁוּב † Jeremiah 44:28; 2 Chronicles 10:2; מִמּ׳ אָתָה † Psalm 68:32; מִמּ׳ † קָרָא † Hoshea 11:1.
2. of people:
a. in table of nations, personified as second son of Ham † Genesis 10:6 = 1 Chronicles 1:8, compare Genesis 10:13 = 1 Chronicles 1:11.
b. = Egypt (as a people), Egyptians Genesis 41:56 + approximately + 134 times, including use = Egyptian Kingdom, empire, i.e. land and people as political power; so with verb feminine singular אָֽבְדָה מ׳ Exodus 10:7, compare Hosea 9:6; Joel 4:19 and (pronoun feminine singular) Ezekiel 30:18; with verb masculine singular Exodus 12:33; Exodus 14:25; Isaiah 19:16, 23, 25; Jeremiah 46:8; often with verb masculine plural Genesis 41:55; Isaiah 19:21, 23 + 22 times; בִּנֵי מ׳ Ezekiel 16:26; בְּתוּלַת בַּת מ׳ Jeremiah 46:11, compare Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 46:24. — In 1 Kings 10:28 2 Chronicles 1:16, 17; 2 Kings 7:6 WklAlttest. Unters. 171 f. thinks of Assyrian Muṣri in North Syria. (On מִצְרַיִם as often = Muṣri in North Arabia see WklAltor. Unters. i. 24 ff., ii. 195, iii. 289; iv. 337 f; MVG 1898, 1.4).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:6; 10:6; 10:13; 12:10; 12:11; 13:1; 13:1; 13:1; 13:10; 15:18; 37:36; 41:55; 41:55; 41:56; 43:15; 45:20; 47:6; 47:13; 47:20; 47:26; 49:23

Exodus

7:19; 8:2; 10:7; 10:7; 12:33; 12:33; 12:39; 14:25

Joshua

15:4; 24:4

2 Samuel

7:23

1 Kings

10:28; 11:40

2 Kings

7:6

1 Chronicles

1:8; 1:11; 13:5; 17:21

2 Chronicles

1:16; 1:17; 10:2; 12:3; 20:10

Psalms

68:32

Proverbs

7:16

Isaiah

7:18; 7:18; 11:11; 11:15; 19:16; 19:21; 19:23; 19:23; 19:23; 19:25; 20:3; 20:4; 20:5; 45:14

Jeremiah

2:18; 26:22; 26:22; 37:7; 42:16; 44:1; 44:15; 44:28; 46:8; 46:11; 46:19; 46:24

Ezekiel

16:26; 27:7; 29:10; 30:4; 30:6; 30:9; 30:18

Hosea

9:6; 11:11; 12:1

Amos

8:8; 9:5

H4714

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Strong's Number H4714 matches the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (miṣrayim),
which occurs 639 times in 573 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 12 (Exo 6:5–Exo 12:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:5 - “Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel because the Egyptians H4714 are holding them in slavery, and I have remembered My covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians H4714, and I will deliver you from their slavery. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:7 - ‘Then I will take you [fn]for My people, and I will be [fn]your God; and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from under the hard labors of the Egyptians H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - “Come, [fn]tell Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 [fn]to let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron and gave them a command for the sons of Israel and for Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:26 - It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom Yahweh said, “Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt H4714 according to their hosts.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 to bring out the sons of Israel from Egypt H4714; it was the same Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:28 -

Now it happened on the day when Yahweh spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt H4714,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:29 - that Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “I am Yahweh; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt H4714 all that I am speaking to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:3 - “But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart with stiffness that I may multiply My signs and My [fn]wonders in the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:4 - “But Pharaoh will not listen to you. And I will [fn]set My hand upon Egypt H4714 and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt H4714 by great judgments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:5 - “Then the Egyptians H4714 shall know that I am Yahweh, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt H4714 and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:11 - Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the [fn]magicians of Egypt H4714, did [fn]the same with their secret arts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:19 - Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt H4714, over their rivers, over their [fn]streams, and over their pools and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt H4714, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:21 - And the fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile [fn]became foul, so that the Egyptians H4714 could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:22 - Yet the [fn]magicians of Egypt H4714 did [fn]the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh’s heart was [fn]hardened with strength, and he did not listen to them, as Yahweh had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:5 - [fn]Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the [fn]streams and over the pools, and cause the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt H4714.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:6 - So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt H4714, and the [fn]frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:7 - And the [fn]magicians did [fn]the same with their secret arts; they caused the frogs to come up on the land of Egypt H4714.

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt H4714.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [fn]gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:24 - Then Yahweh did so. And there came heavy swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants, and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - “But Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt H4714, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - “And it will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt H4714, and it will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt H4714.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:18 - “Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will rain down very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt H4714 from the day it was founded [fn]until now.

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Now Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be hail on all the land of Egypt H4714, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt H4714.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:23 - So Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and Yahweh gave forth [fn]thunder and hail, and fire went down to the earth. And Yahweh rained down hail on the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:24 - So there was hail, and fire [fn]flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very heavy, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt H4714 since it became a nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - And the hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt H4714, from man to beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:2 - and that you may recount in the [fn]hearing of your son and of your grandson, how I dealt severely with the Egyptians H4714, and how I [fn]put My signs among them, that you may know that I am Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:7 - And Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve Yahweh their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt H4714 is destroyed?”

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt H4714 for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt H4714 and eat every plant of the land, all that the hail has left remaining.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:13 - So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt H4714, and Yahweh directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind [fn]brought the locusts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - And the locusts came up over all the land of Egypt H4714 and rested on all the territory of Egypt H4714; they were very heavy. There had never been so many [fn]locusts, nor would there be so many [fn]again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - So Yahweh changed the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the [fn]Red Sea; not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt H4714.

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt H4714, even a darkness which may be felt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:22 - So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt H4714 for three days.

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt H4714; after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:3 - (And Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians H4714. Moreover, the man Moses himself was very great in the land of Egypt H4714, both in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.)

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So Moses said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt H4714,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt H4714 shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the servant-girl who is behind the millstones; and all the firstborn of the cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:6 - ‘Moreover, there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt H4714, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - ‘But for any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even [fn]bark, whether against man or beast, that you may know how Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt H4714 and Israel.’

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Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My miraculous wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt H4714.”

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Now Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron in the land of [fn]Egypt H4714,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - ‘And I will go through the land of Egypt H4714 on that night and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt H4714, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt H4714 I will execute judgments—I am Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:13 - ‘And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and I will see the blood, and I will pass over you, and there shall be no plague among you [fn]to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:17 - ‘You shall also keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt H4714; therefore you shall keep this day throughout your generations as [fn]a perpetual statute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - “And Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians H4714; and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you.

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