Éxodo 12:12

12 Esa noche pasaré por la tierra de Egipto y heriré de muerte a todo primer hijo varón y a la primera cría macho de los animales en la tierra de Egipto. Ejecutaré juicio contra todos los dioses de Egipto, ¡porque yo soy el Señor
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Éxodo 12:12 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night
. Which must be understood consistent with his omnipresence, and of the manifestation of his powerful presence, or of the exertion of his mighty power in the following event: and will smite all the

firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast;
as had been declared to Pharaoh, ( Exodus 11:5 )

and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment;
meaning either figuratively, the nobles, princes, judges and civil magistrates, who are sometimes called Elohim, gods; but since the firstborn of these, as of others, and so the judgment on them, are comprehended in the preceding clause, this is, rather to be understood literally of the idols of the Egyptians, their images of gold and silver, or of whatever they were made of: the Targum of Jonathan is,

``on all the idols of the Egyptians I will exercise four judgments; the molten idols shall be melted, the idols of stone shall be cut asunder, the idols of earth shall be broke to pieces, and the idols of wood shall become ashes;''

see ( Numbers 33:4 ) ( Isaiah 19:1 ) and there are some traces of this in Heathen writers; Artapanus ^F5 says, that by an earthquake most of the temples in Egypt fell; and Justin ^F6 reports, that Moses, being the leader of the exile Israelites, stole away the sacred things of the Egyptians, i.e. their gods, which they endeavoured to regain by force of arms:

I am the Lord;
God Almighty, faithful and true, and therefore what was threatened should certainly be performed, and thereby the Egyptians and all others might know that he was Jehovah alone, and that there is no God beside him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 27. p. 436.
F6 E Trogo, l. 36. c. 2.

Éxodo 12:12 In-Context

10 No dejen ninguna sobra para el día siguiente. Quemen todo lo que no hayan comido antes de la mañana.

11 »Estas son las instrucciones para cuando coman esa comida: estén totalmente vestidos,
lleven puestas las sandalias y tengan su bastón en la mano. Coman de prisa, porque es la Pascua del Señor
.

12 Esa noche pasaré por la tierra de Egipto y heriré de muerte a todo primer hijo varón y a la primera cría macho de los animales en la tierra de Egipto. Ejecutaré juicio contra todos los dioses de Egipto, ¡porque yo soy el Señor
!

13 Pero la sangre sobre los marcos de las puertas servirá de señal para indicar las casas donde ustedes estén. Cuando yo vea la sangre, pasaré de largo. Esa plaga de muerte no los tocará a ustedes cuando yo hiera la tierra de Egipto.

14 »Este será un día para recordar. Cada año, de generación en generación, deberán celebrarlo como un festival especial al Señor
. Esta es una ley para siempre.