Exodus 12:1-13
1Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of ▼▼ Lit Egypt, saying
Egypt, 2 b“This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. 3“Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a ▼▼ Or kid
lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a ▼▼ Or kid
lamb for ▼▼ Lit the
each household. 4‘Now if the household is too small for a ▼▼ Or kid
lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the ▼▼ Or amount
number of persons in them; according to ▼▼ Lit each man’s eating
what each man should eat, you are to ▼▼ Lit compute for
divide the lamb. 5‘Your ▼▼ Or kid
lamb shall be kan unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6‘ ▼▼ Lit It shall be to you for a guarding
You shall keep it until the mfourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it ▼▼ Lit between the two evenings
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oat twilight. 7‘ pMoreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel ▼▼ Lit upon
of the houses in which they eat it. 8‘They shall eat the flesh rthat same night, sroasted with fire, and they shall eat it with tunleavened bread ▼▼ Lit in addition to
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vand bitter herbs. 9‘Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather wroasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with xits entrails. 10‘ yAnd you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire. 11‘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 zthe Lord’s Passover. 12‘For aaI 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 abagainst all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments— acI am the Lord. 13‘ adThe blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you ▼▼ Lit are
live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you ▼▼ Lit for destruction
to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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