Introduction
7. The proclamation of the tenth plague ch. 11
". . . the slaying of the first-born is both the culmination of the plague narrative and the beginning of the passover tradition. Chapter 11 as a literary unit, therefore, points both backward and forward." [Note: Childs, p. 161.]
Evidently Moses made this announcement to Pharaoh before leaving his presence (cf. Exodus 10:29; Exodus 11:8). Thus this chapter unfolds the narrative in logical rather than chronological order. Exodus 11:1-2 give the foundation for the announcement in Exodus 11:4-8. Chronologically Exodus 11:1-3 point back to Exodus 3:19-22.
Whereas Moses and Aaron had been the mediators through whom God had sent the first nine plagues, this last one came directly from God.
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