Exo 12:1-27 | NASB2020 | STEP | Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt ,

Exodus 12:1-27

The Passover Lamb

1 Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of ^{▼▼Lit Egypt, saying}Egypt, 2 “ ^bThis month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for 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 the 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; in proportion to ^{▼▼Lit each man’s eating}what each one 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 slaughter it ^{▼▼Lit between the two evenings
,} ^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
,} ^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 completely burn with fire. 11 Now you shall eat it in this way: with your garment ^{▼▼I.e., for travel}belted around your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in a hurry--it is ^aathe Lord’s Passover. 12 For ^abI will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and fatally strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the human firstborn to animals; and ^acagainst all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments-- ^adI am the Lord. 13 ^aeThe 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 come upon you ^{▼▼Lit for destruction}to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

Feast of Unleavened Bread

14 ‘Now ^ahthis day shall be ^aia memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as ^{▼▼Or an eternal
,} ^aka permanent ordinance. 15 For ^alseven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove dough with yeast from your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast from the first day until the seventh day, ^amthat ^{▼▼Lit soul}person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And ^aoon 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 for what must be eaten by every person--that alone may be ^{▼▼Lit done}prepared by you. 17 You shall also keep ^aqthe Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this ^arvery day I brought your ^{▼▼Lit armies}multitudes out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall keep this day throughout your generations as ^ata ^{▼▼Or eternal}permanent ordinance. 18 ^avIn 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. 19 For ^awseven days there shall be no dough with yeast found in your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast, that ^{▼▼Lit soul
,} ^ayperson shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. 20 You shall not eat anything with yeast; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’”

21 Then ^azMoses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and ^batake for yourselves ^{▼▼Lit sheep}lambs according to your families, and slaughter ^bcthe Passover lamb. 22 And ^bdyou shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and ^{▼▼Lit cause to touch}apply 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.

A Memorial of Redemption

23 For ^bfthe Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; but when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will ^bgnot allow the ^bhdestroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. 24 And ^biyou shall keep this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever. 25 When you enter the land which the Lord will give you, as He has ^{▼▼Lit spoken}promised, you shall keep this ^{▼▼Lit service}rite. 26 ^blAnd when your children say to you, ‘ ^{▼▼Lit What is this service to you?}What does this rite mean to you?’ 27 then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to ^bnthe Lord because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but ^{▼▼Lit delivered}spared our homes.’” ^bpAnd the people bowed low and worshiped.