4. Moses then said to the king, “The Lord says, ‘At about midnight I will go through Egypt,
5. and every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the king's son, who is heir to the throne, to the son of the slave woman who grinds corn. The firstborn of all the cattle will die also.
6. There will be loud crying all over Egypt, such as there has never been before or ever will be again.
7. But not even a dog will bark at the Israelites or their animals. Then you will know that I, the Lord, make a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.’ ”