Êxodo 12:33

33 Os egípcios pressionavam o povo para que se apressasse em sair do país, dizendo: “Todos nós morreremos!”

Êxodo 12:33 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:33

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people
The people of Israel; not using force, but strong entreaties, the most powerful arguments, and importunate language they were masters of:

that they might send them out of the land in haste:
this looks as if it was the people about Pharaoh, his ministers and courtiers, they were pressing upon to dismiss the Israelites at once, and to hasten their departure; or else Moses and Aaron, and the elders of the people, to stir them up to a quick dispatch of their affairs, that they might be soon rid of them; unless the sense is, that they were very solicitous and earnest with the people, that they would get away out of the land as fast as they could:

for they said, we [be] all dead [men];
for their firstborn being all slain, they expected that they themselves, and the rest of their families, would be struck with death next; and this they feared would be the case in a very little time, if they did not depart;

for they had sufficient reason to convince them,
that it was purely on their account, and because they had not leave to go out of the land, that all the above judgments, and particularly the last, were inflicted on them.

Êxodo 12:33 In-Context

31 Naquela mesma noite o faraó mandou chamar Moisés e Arão e lhes disse: “Saiam imediatamente do meio do meu povo, vocês e os israelitas! Vão prestar culto ao SENHOR, como vocês pediram.

32 Levem os seus rebanhos, como tinham dito, e abençoem a mim também”.

33 Os egípcios pressionavam o povo para que se apressasse em sair do país, dizendo: “Todos nós morreremos!”

34 Então o povo tomou a massa de pão ainda sem fermento e a carregou nos ombros, nas amassadeiras embrulhadas em suas roupas.

35 Os israelitas obedeceram à ordem de Moisés e pediram aos egípcios objetos de prata e de ouro, bem como roupas.