1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Exodus 11:5

And every first-born in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the first-born of Pharao who sitteth on his throne, even to the first-born of the handmaid that is at the mill, and all the first-born of beasts.

Mill. The vilest slaves were thus employed in a sort of prison, Exodus 12:21. God makes no distinction between the king and the beggar. Death levels all.