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Reference: Destroyer
Easton
(Ex 12:23), the agent employed in the killing of the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. 2Ki 19:35; 2Sa 24:15-16; Ps 78:49; Ac 12:23.)
(Ex 12:23), the agent employed in the killing of the first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. 2Ki 19:35; 2Sa 24:15-16; Ps 78:49; Ac 12:23.)
When the Lord passes through to strike Egypt and sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, He will pass over the door and not let the destroyer enter your houses to strike [you].
That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the [next] morning-there were all the dead bodies!
He sent His burning anger against them: fury, indignation, and calamity- a band of deadly messengers.
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