Later text
Psalm 135:8BSB
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.
Intertextuality Pair
Psalm 135:8 → Exodus 12:12
Allusion
Earlier text
Exodus 12:12BSB
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
Significance
Psalm 135:8 compresses the detailed Exodus 12:12 account of the tenth plague into a single liturgical line: "He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast" (הִכָּה בְּכוֹרֵי מִצְרָיִם, hikkah bekhorey mitsrayim). Where Exodus 12 narrates the event as divine action in real time—"I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn"—the psalm transforms it into a hymnic recital of God's mighty acts for corporate worship. This poetic retrospective places the plague of the firstborn within a sequence of creation and conquest, framing it as evidence of the LORD's sovereignty over all gods and nations.
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- Reference Type
- Allusion
- Connection Method(s)
- Redemptive-Historical Progression — the Passover-night judgment Exodus 12:12 announces in real time ("I will pass through... and strike down every firstborn") is recited by Psalm 135:8 as accomplished redemptive history within a creation-to-conquest litany, the exodus judgment carried forward in worship toward Christ our Passover, sacrificed for us.
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