Chp. 11 verse 9 - chp. 12 verse 19: Chp. 11 ends with Hashem explaining to Moshe that Pharaoh would not listen "in order to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt." Chp. 12 begins with the first Mitzvah given to the Jewish people, sanctifying the New Moon. Next the command to take a sheep on the tenth of the month and tie it to their bedpost, and all the commandments connected with it, for then and for the future.
