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Exodus 12:33

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 12:33 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men.
Exodus 12:33 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
30And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said.
32Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men.
34And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment.
36And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, etc.] The people of Israel; not using force, but strong entreaties, the most powerful arguments, and importunate language they were masters of: that they might send them out of the land in haste: this looks as if it was the people about Pharaoh, his ministers and courtiers, they were pressing upon to dismiss the Israelites at once, and to hasten their departure; or else Moses and Aaron, and the elders of the people, to stir them up to a quick dispatch of their affairs, that they might be soon rid of them; unless the sense is, that they were very solicitous and earnest with the people, that they would get away out of the land as fast as they…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“We be all dead men - When death comes unto our houses, it is seasonable for us to think of our own mortality. Exodus 12:34”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“urgent: Exo 11:1; Psa 105:38 We be all: Gen 20:3; Num 17:12, Num 17:13 Exodus 12:34”
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