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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 135:8

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.] Which was the last of the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians; and is particularly mentioned, because, by means of it, they were made willing to let the children of Israel go out of their land: and so this includes the deliverance of the Israelites, God’s firstborn, when he slew the firstborn of Egypt; and who were typical of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven; and the deliverance of them, through the blood of the passover, was an emblem of the deliverance of those by the blood of Christ; (see <021222>Exodus 12:22,23,27,29,30).
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