And the LORD spake
unto Moses
and Aaron
in the land
of Egypt
, saying
,
This month shall be unto you the beginning
of months
: it shall be the first
month
of the year
to you.
Speak ye unto all the congregation
of Israel
, saying
, In the tenth
day of this month
they shall take
to them every man
a lamb
, according to the house
of their fathers
, a lamb
for an house
:
And if the household be
too little
for the lamb
, let him and his neighbour
next
unto his house
take
it according to the number
of the souls
; every man
according
to his eating
shall make your count
for the lamb
.
Your lamb shall be without blemish
, a male
of the first
year
: ye shall take
it out from the sheep
, or from the goats
:
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth
day
of the same month
: and the whole
assembly
of the congregation
of Israel
shall kill
it in
the evening
.
And they shall take of the blood
, and strike
it on the two
side posts
and on the upper door post
of the houses
, wherein they shall eat
it.
And they shall eat the flesh
in that night
, roast
with fire
, and unleavened bread
; and with bitter
herbs they shall eat
it.
Eat not of it raw
, nor sodden
at all with water
, but roast
with fire
; his head
with his legs
, and with the purtenance
thereof.
And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning
; and that which remaineth
of it until the morning
ye shall burn
with fire
.
And thus shall ye eat
it; with your loins
girded
, your shoes
on your feet
, and your staff
in your hand
; and ye shall eat
it in haste
: it is the LORD'S
passover
.
For I will pass through the land
of Egypt
this night
, and will smite
all the firstborn
in the land
of Egypt
, both man
and beast
; and against all the gods
of Egypt
I will execute
judgment
: I am the LORD
.
And the blood shall be to you for a token
upon the houses
where ye are : and when I see
the blood
, I will pass
over you, and the plague
shall not be upon you to destroy
you , when I smite
the land
of Egypt
.
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial
; and ye shall keep
it a feast
to the LORD
throughout your generations
; ye shall keep it a feast
by an ordinance
for ever
.
Seven days
shall ye eat
unleavened bread
; even
the first
day
ye shall put away
leaven
out of your houses
: for whosoever eateth
leavened bread
from the first
day
until the seventh
day
, that soul
shall be cut
off from Israel
.
And in the first day
there shall be an holy
convocation
, and in the seventh
day
there shall be an holy
convocation
to you; no manner of work
shall be done
in them, save
that which every man
must eat
, that only may be done
of you.
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread
; for in this selfsame
day
have I brought
your armies
out of the land
of Egypt
: therefore shall ye observe
this day
in your generations
by an ordinance
for ever
.
In the first month , on the fourteenth
day
of the month
at even
, ye shall eat
unleavened bread
, until the one
and twentieth
day
of the month
at even
.
Seven days
shall there be no leaven
found
in your houses
: for whosoever eateth
that which is leavened
, even that soul
shall be cut off
from the congregation
of Israel
, whether he be a stranger
, or born
in the land
.
Ye shall eat nothing leavened
; in all your habitations
shall ye eat
unleavened bread
.
Then Moses called
for all the elders
of Israel
, and said
unto them, Draw out
and take
you a lamb
according to your families
, and kill
the passover
.
And ye shall take a bunch
of hyssop
, and dip
it in the blood
that is in the bason
, and strike
the lintel
and the two
side posts
with the blood
that is in the bason
; and none
of you shall go out
at the door
of his house
until the morning
.
For the LORD will pass through
to smite
the Egyptians
; and when he seeth
the blood
upon the lintel
, and on the two
side posts
, the LORD
will pass over
the door
, and will not suffer
the destroyer
to come
in unto your houses
to smite
you .
And ye shall observe this thing
for an ordinance
to thee and to thy sons
for
ever
.
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land
which the LORD
will give
you, according as he hath promised
, that ye shall keep
this service
.
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say
unto you, What mean ye by this service
?
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice
of the LORD'S
passover
, who passed
over the houses
of the children
of Israel
in Egypt
, when he smote
the Egyptians
, and delivered
our houses
. And the people
bowed the head
and worshipped
.
And the children of Israel
went away
, and did
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
and Aaron
, so did
they.
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD
smote
all the firstborn
in the land
of Egypt
, from the firstborn
of Pharaoh
that sat
on his throne
unto the firstborn
of the captive
that was in the dungeon
; and all the firstborn
of cattle
.
And Pharaoh rose up
in the night
, he, and all his servants
, and all the Egyptians
; and there was a great
cry
in Egypt
; for there was not a house
where there was not one dead
.
And he called for Moses
and Aaron
by night
, and said
, Rise up
, and get you forth
from among
my people
, both ye and the children
of Israel
; and go
, serve
the LORD
, as ye have said
.
Also take your flocks
and your herds
, as ye have said
, and be gone
; and bless
me also.
And the Egyptians were urgent
upon the people
, that they might send
them out of the land
in haste
; for they said
, We be all dead
men .
And the people took
their dough
before it was leavened
, their kneadingtroughs
being bound up
in their clothes
upon their shoulders
.
And the children of Israel
did
according to the word
of Moses
; and they borrowed
of the Egyptians
jewels
of silver
, and jewels
of gold
, and raiment
:
And the LORD gave
the people
favour
in the sight
of the Egyptians
, so that they lent
unto them such things as they required . And they spoiled
the Egyptians
.
And the children of Israel
journeyed
from Rameses
to Succoth
, about six
hundred
thousand
on foot
that were men
, beside
children
.
And a mixed multitude
went up
also with them; and flocks
, and herds
, even very
much
cattle
.
And they baked unleavened
cakes
of the dough
which they brought forth
out of Egypt
, for it was not leavened
; because they were thrust out
of Egypt
, and could
not tarry
, neither had they prepared
for themselves any victual
.
Now the sojourning of the children
of Israel
, who dwelt
in Egypt
, was four
hundred
and thirty
years
.
And it came to pass at the end of the four
hundred
and thirty
years
, even the selfsame
day
it came to pass, that all the hosts
of the LORD
went out
from the land
of Egypt
.
It is a night to be much observed
unto the LORD
for bringing
them out from the land
of Egypt
: this is that night
of the LORD
to be observed
of all the children
of Israel
in their generations
.
And the LORD said
unto Moses
and Aaron
, This is the ordinance
of the passover
: There shall no stranger
eat
thereof:
But every man's servant
that is bought
for money
, when thou hast circumcised
him, then shall he eat
thereof.
A foreigner and an hired servant
shall not eat
thereof.
In one house
shall it be eaten
; thou shalt not carry forth
ought of the flesh
abroad
out of the house
; neither shall ye break
a bone
thereof.
All the congregation of Israel
shall keep
it.
And when a stranger shall sojourn
with thee, and will keep
the passover
to the LORD
, let all his males
be circumcised
, and then let him come near
and keep
it; and he shall be as one that is born
in the land
: for no uncircumcised person
shall eat
thereof.
One law
shall be to him that is homeborn
, and unto the stranger
that sojourneth
among
you.
Thus did all the children
of Israel
; as the LORD
commanded
Moses
and Aaron
, so did
they.
And it came to pass the selfsame day
, that the LORD
did bring
the children
of Israel
out of the land
of Egypt
by their armies
.