Now the LORD said
to Moses
and Aaron
in the land
of 1Egypt
,
" aThis month
shall be the beginning
of months
for you; it is to be the first
month
of the year
to you.
"Speak to all
the congregation
of Israel
, saying
, `On the tenth
of this
month
they are each
one
to take
a 1lamb
for themselves, according to their fathers'
households
, a 1lamb
for 2each household
.
`Now if the household
is too
small
for a 1lamb
, then he and his neighbor
nearest
to his house
are to take
one according to the 2number
of persons
in them; according
to 3what each
man
should eat
, you are to 4divide
the lamb
.
`Your 1lamb shall be aan unblemished
male
a year
old
; you may take
it from the sheep
or from the goats
.
` 1You shall keep it until
the afourteenth
day
of the same
month
, then the whole
assembly
of the congregation
of Israel
is to kill
it 2 bat twilight
.
` aMoreover, they shall take some
of the blood
and put
it on the two
doorposts
and on the lintel
1of the houses
in which
they eat
it.
`They shall eat the flesh
athat same night
, broasted
with fire
, and they shall eat
it with cunleavened
bread
1 dand bitter
herbs
.
`Do not eat any
of it raw
or boiled
at all
with water
, but rather
aroasted
with fire
, both its head
and its legs
along
with bits entrails
.
` aAnd you shall not leave any
of it over
until
morning
, but whatever is left
of it until
morning
, you shall burn
with fire
.
`Now you shall eat it in this
manner
: with your loins
girded
, your sandals
on your feet
, and your staff
in your hand
; and you shall eat
it in haste
--it is athe LORD'S
Passover
.
`For aI will go through
the land
of Egypt
on that night
, and will strike
down
all
the firstborn
in the land
of Egypt
, both
man
and beast
; and bagainst all
the gods
of Egypt
I will execute
judgments
-- cI am the LORD
.
` aThe blood shall be a sign
for you on the houses
where
you 1live; and when I see
the blood
I will pass
over
you, and no
plague
will befall
you 2to destroy
you when I strike
the land
of Egypt
.
`Now athis day
will be ba memorial
to you, and you shall celebrate
it as a feast
to the LORD
; throughout your generations
you are to celebrate
it as 1 ca permanent
ordinance
.
` aSeven days
you shall eat
unleavened
bread
, but on the first
day
you shall 1remove
leaven
from your houses
; for whoever
eats
anything leavened
from the first
day
until
the seventh
day
, bthat 2person
shall be cut
off
from Israel
.
` aOn the first day
you shall have a holy
assembly
, and another holy
assembly
on the seventh
day
; no
work
at all
shall be done
on them, except
what
must be eaten
1by every
person
, that alone
may be 2prepared
by you.
`You shall also observe athe Feast of Unleavened
Bread
, for on this
bvery
day
I brought
your hosts
out of the land
of Egypt
; therefore you shall observe
this
day
throughout your generations
as ca 1permanent
ordinance
.
` aIn the first month, on the fourteenth
day
of the month
at evening
, you shall eat
unleavened
bread
, until
the twenty-first
day
of the month
at evening
.
` aSeven days
there shall be no
leaven
found
in your houses
; for whoever
eats
what
is leavened
, that 1 bperson
shall be cut
off
from the congregation
of Israel
, whether he is an alien
or a native
of the land
.
`You shall not eat anything
leavened
; in all
your dwellings
you shall eat
unleavened
bread
.' "
Then aMoses called
for all
the elders
of Israel
and said
to them, " 1Go
and btake
for yourselves 2lambs
according to your families
, and slay
cthe Passover
lamb.
" aYou shall take a bunch
of hyssop
and dip
it in the blood
which
is in the basin
, and 1apply
some
of the blood
that is in the basin
to the lintel
and the two
doorposts
; and none
of you shall go
outside
the door
of his house
until
morning
.
"For athe LORD will pass
through
to smite
the Egyptians
; and when He sees
the blood
on the lintel
and on the two
doorposts
, the LORD
will pass
over
the door
and will bnot allow
the cdestroyer
to come
in to your houses
to smite
you.
"And ayou shall observe this
event
as an ordinance
for you and your children
forever
.
"When you enter
the land
which
the LORD
will give
you, as He has 1promised
, you shall observe
this
2rite
.
" aAnd when your children say
to you, ` 1What
does this
rite
mean to you?'
you shall say, `It is a Passover
sacrifice
to athe LORD
1who
passed
over
the houses
of the sons
of Israel
in Egypt
when He smote
the Egyptians
, but 2spared
our homes
.' " bAnd the people
bowed
low
and worshiped
.
Then the sons of Israel
went
and did
so; just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
and Aaron
, so
they did
.
Now it came about at amidnight
that bthe LORD
struck
all
cthe firstborn
in the land
of Egypt
, from the firstborn
of Pharaoh
who sat
on his throne
to the firstborn
of the captive
who
was in the dungeon
, and all
the firstborn
of dcattle
.
Pharaoh arose
in the night
, he and all
his servants
and all
the Egyptians
, and there was aa great
cry
in Egypt
, for there
was no
home
where
there
was not someone dead
.
Then ahe called for Moses
and Aaron
at night
and said
, "Rise
up, bget
out from among
my people
, both
you and the sons
of Israel
; and go
, 1worship
the LORD
, as you have said
.
"Take aboth
your flocks
and your herds
, as you have said
, and go
, and bless
me also
."
aThe Egyptians urged
the people
, to send
them out of the land
in haste
, for they said
, "We will all
be dead
."
So the people took
atheir dough
before
it was leavened
, with their kneading
bowls
bound
up in the clothes
on their shoulders
.
aNow the sons of Israel
had done
according to the word
of Moses
, for they had requested
from the Egyptians
articles
of silver
and articles
of gold
, and clothing
;
and the LORD had given
the people
favor
in the sight
of the Egyptians
, so that they let them have their request
. Thus they aplundered
the Egyptians
.
Now the asons of Israel
journeyed
from bRameses
to Succoth
, about csix
hundred
thousand
men
on foot
, aside
from children
.
A amixed multitude
also
went
up with them, 1along with flocks
and herds
, a bvery
large
number
of livestock
.
They baked the dough
which
they had brought
out of Egypt
into cakes
of unleavened
bread
. For it had not become
leavened
, since
they were adriven
out of Egypt
and could
not delay
, nor
had they 1prepared
any
provisions
for themselves.
Now the time 1that the sons
of Israel
lived
in Egypt
was afour
hundred
and thirty
years
.
And at the end of four
hundred
and thirty
years
, 1to athe very
day
, ball
the hosts
of the LORD
went
out from the land
of Egypt
.
aIt is a night 1to be observed
for the LORD
for having brought
them out from the land
of Egypt
; this
night
is for the LORD
, 1to be observed
2by all
the sons
of Israel
throughout their generations
.
The LORD said
to Moses
and Aaron
, "This
is the ordinance
of athe Passover
: no
1 bforeigner
is to eat
of it;
but every man's
aslave
purchased
with money
, after you have circumcised
him, then
he may eat
of it.
" aA sojourner or a hired
servant
shall not eat
of it.
"It is to be eaten in a single
house
; you are not to bring
forth
any
of the flesh
outside
of the house
, anor
are you to break
any bone
of it.
" aAll the congregation
of Israel
are to 1celebrate
this.
"But aif a 1stranger
sojourns
with you, and 2celebrates
the Passover
to the LORD
, let all
his males
be circumcised
, and then
let him come
near
to 3celebrate
it; and he shall be like a native
of the land
. But no
uncircumcised
person may eat
of it.
" 1 aThe same law
shall 2apply
to the native
as to the 3stranger
who sojourns
among
you."
Then all the sons
of Israel
did
so; they did
just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
and Aaron
.
And on that same day
athe LORD
brought
the sons
of Israel
out of the land
of Egypt
1 bby their hosts
.