OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 11:5

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and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill, and all the firstborn of livestock.

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Verse 5. Mill. The vilest slaves were thus employed in a sort of prison. Calmet. 12:21. God makes no distinction between the king and the beggar. Death levels all.

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