The destroyer. —The “plague” of Exodus 12:13 is here called “the destroyer” (τὸν ὀλεθρεύοντα, Septuagint), as again in Hebrews 12:…

And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for on this very same day I have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore y…

For the Lord will pass through. He forbids them to go out during the night, so that they would not mix with the Egyptians, but commands th…

For the Lord will pass though to smite the Egyptians
All the firstborn in the several families, in all the towns and…

That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors until called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owin…