“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
saying, 2 This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it
[shall be] the first month of the year to you. 3 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: 4 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. 5 Your lamb shall be without
blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the
sheep, or from the goats: 6 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. 7 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. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in
that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter
[herbs] they shall eat it. 9 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. 10 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. 11 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. 12 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. 13 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. 14 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. 15 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.
16 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. 17 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. 18 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. 19 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. 20 Ye shall eat
nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened
bread.”
“21 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. 22 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. 23 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]. 24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and
to thy sons for ever. 25 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. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your
children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? 27 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. 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD
had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.”
“29 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. 30 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. 31 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. 32 Also take your
flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33 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]. 34
And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. 35
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: 36 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.”
“37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth,
about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children. 38
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds,
[even] very much cattle. 39 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. 40 Now the sojourning of the
children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty
years. 41 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. 42 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.”
“43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of
the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 44 But every man’s
servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then
shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat
thereof. 46 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. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 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. 49 One law shall be to him that
is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus
did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron,
so did they. 51 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.” (Ex 12:1-51 AV)
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