רָאִ֨יתִי אֶת־אֲדֹנָ֜י נִצָּ֣ב עַֽל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ וַיֹּאמֶר֩ הַ֨ךְ הַכַּפְתּ֜וֹר וְיִרְעֲשׁ֣וּ הַסִּפִּ֗ים וּבְצַ֙עַם֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ כֻּלָּ֔ם וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖ם בַּחֶ֣רֶב אֶהֱרֹ֑ג לֹֽא־יָנ֤וּס לָהֶם֙ נָ֔ס וְלֹֽא־יִמָּלֵ֥ט לָהֶ֖ם פָּלִֽיט׃
Vi o SENHOR, que estava junto ao altar; e me disse: Fere os capitéis, para que estremeçam os umbrais; e faze tudo em pedaços sobre a cabeça de todos eles; e eu matarei à espada até o último deles; nenhum deles conseguirá fugir, nenhum deles escapará.
Sha'arei Orah
In other words, each plague-Makah-מכה was brought about through the quality of Koh-כה, and in truth, each plague constituted five plagues, as that is the decree of judgment.227See Haggadah Shel Pesach, section on the ten plagues. It therefore was this Divine quality itself through which the plague of the death of the firstborn was wrought, being that the god of Egypt is like the firstborn of all the other heavenly ministers of the nations, and as written,228Amos 9:1 “Strike the main beam and the side posts will quake.”