God Struck Egypt's Firstborn Personally, Not Through Any Angel

Mekhilta Tractate Pischa 7:6

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

"and I shall smite": I might think, through an angel or through a messenger; it is, therefore, written (Ibid. 29) "and the L–rd (Himself) smote every first-born" — not through an angel or a messenger.

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