1. The Lord said to Moses:I am going to punish the king of Egypt and his people one more time. Then the king will gladly let you leave his land, so that I will stop punishing the Egyptians. He will even chase you out.
2. Now go and tell my people to ask their Egyptian neighbours for gold and silver jewellery.
3. So the Lord made the Egyptians greatly respect the Israelites, and everyone, including the king and his officials, considered Moses an important leader.
4. Moses went to the king and said:I have come to let you know what the Lord is going to do. About midnight he will go through the land of Egypt,