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Exod 11:5

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Exod 11:5 · Douay-Rheims
“And every firstborn in the land of the Egyptians shall die, from the firstborn of Pharao who sitteth on his throne, even to the first born of the handmaid that is at the mill, and all the firstborn of beasts.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
636
A.D.
Isidore of Seville Patristic
c. A.D. 560–636
“Finally the firstborn of the Egyptians are destroyed. They are the principalities and powers and the rulers of this world of darkness. Or they are the originators and inventors of the false religions that existed in this world. The truth of Christ put an end to these religions and wiped them out, along with their inventors.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.