Exo 12 | ABEn | STEP | [ 3 said 1 And 2 the lord ] to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

Exodus 12

CHAPTER 12 The First Passover

1 [³said ¹And ²the lord] to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month is to you the beginning of months. [²the first ¹It is to you] among the months of the year. 3 Speak to all the gathering of the sons of Israel! saying, The tenth of this month let [²take ¹each] a sheep according to the houses of the families! a sheep according to a house. 4 But if there should be very few in the house, so as for there not to be enough for the sheep, he shall include with himself the neighbor, neighboring him, according to the number of souls, each sufficient for him to be counted for the sheep. 5 [⁶sheep ³a perfect ⁴male ⁵unblemished ⁷of a year old ¹It shall be ²to you]; from the lambs and from the kids you shall take. 6 And it will be to you for carefully keeping until the fourteenth of this month. And they shall slay it -- all the multitude of the gathering of the sons of Israel towards evening. 7 And they shall take from the blood, and they shall put it upon the two doorposts, and upon the lintel on the houses in which they should eat them in them. 8 And they shall eat the meats in this night, roasted by fire; and unleavened breads with bitter herbs they shall eat. 9 You shall not eat of them raw, nor being boiled in water, but roasted by fire, head with the feet, and the entrails. 10 You shall not leave anything from it into the morning. And [²a bone ¹you shall not break] of it. And the things being left behind from it unto morning, [²in ³fire ¹you shall incinerate]. 11 And thus shall you eat it -- with your loins girded, and the sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hands; and you shall eat it with haste -- it is the passover of the lord. 12 And I shall go through in the land of Egypt in this night, and I shall strike all first-born in the land of Egypt, from man unto beast; and among all the gods of the Egyptians I will execute punishment -- I the lord. 13 And [³shall be ¹the ²blood] to you for a sign upon the houses in which you are there; and I will see the blood and shelter you; and there shall not be to you a calamity of the obliteration, whenever I smite in the land of Egypt.

Holiday of Unleavened Bread

14 And [²shall be ¹this day] to you a memorial. And you shall solemnize it a holiday to the lord unto your generations; [²law ¹an eternal] you shall solemnize it. 15 Seven days you shall eat unleavened breads. And from the [²day ¹first] you shall remove yeast from your houses. All who ever shall eat yeast, [²shall be utterly destroyed ¹that soul] from out of Israel; it shall be from the [²day ¹first] until [³day ¹the ²seventh]. 16 And [³day ¹the ²first] shall be called holy. And [³day ¹the ²seventh ⁵called ⁶holy ⁴will be] to you. All [²work ¹servile] shall not be done in them, except as much as is necessary to do for every soul, this only shall be done by you. 17 And you shall guard this commandment. For in this day I will lead your force from out of the land of Egypt. And you shall appoint this day into your generations [²law ¹as an eternal]. 18 Commencing the fourteenth day [³month ¹of the ²first], from evening you shall eat unleavened breads until [⁴day ¹the first ²and ³twentieth] of the month, until evening. 19 For seven days yeast shall not be found in your houses. All whosoever should eat leavened bread, [²shall utterly be destroyed ¹that soul] from out of the congregation of Israel, unto both foreigners and native born of the land. 20 Anything leavened you shall not eat. In every home of yours you shall eat unleavened breads. 21 [³called ¹And ²Moses] the whole council of elders of Israel. And he said to them, Going forth, take to yourselves a sheep according to your kin, and sacrifice the passover! 22 But you shall take a bundle of hyssop, and having dipped it from the blood, of the blood by the door, you shall place it on the lintel and upon both of the doorposts, of the blood which is by the door; and you shall not go forth -- each from the door of his house until morning. 23 And the lord will go by to strike the Egyptians. And he shall see the blood upon the lintel and upon both of the doorposts. And the lord will go by the door, and he will not leave off the annihilating so as to enter into your house to strike. 24 And you shall guard this thing for the law to yourself, and to your sons unto the eon. 25 And if you should enter into the land which ever the lord should give to you, in so far as he spoke, you shall guard this service. 26 And it will be if [²should say ³to ⁴you ¹your sons], What is this service? 27 That you shall say to them, [⁴sacrifice ²the ³passover ¹This is] to the lord, as he sheltered the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, but our houses he rescued. And bowing, the people did obeisance. 28 And going forth, [⁴did ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] as the lord gave charge to Moses and Aaron -- so they did.

Death of the First-born

29 And it happened in the middle of the night, and the lord struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt; from the first-born of Pharaoh, of the one sitting upon the throne, unto the first-born of the captive, of the one in the pit, and every first-born of the beast. 30 And Pharaoh rose up at night, and all his attendants, and all the Egyptians, and there was [²cry ¹a great] in all the land of Egypt. [³no ¹For ²there was] house in which there was not one [²in ³it ¹dying]. 31 And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron at night, and he said to them, Rise up, and go forth from my people, both you and the sons of Israel! Proceed and serve to the lord your God! as you say. 32 And the sheep and the oxen of yours in taking up, go! just as you say; and bless also me! 33 And [³constrained ¹the ²Egyptians] the people with diligence to cast them from the land; for they said that, We all shall die. 34 [⁴took ¹And ²the ³people] their dough before the leavening of their batches, being bound in their cloaks upon their shoulders. 35 And the sons of Israel did as [²ordered ³them ¹Moses]. And they asked from the Egyptians items of silver, and of gold, and clothes. 36 And the lord gave favor to his people before the Egyptians, and they furnished to them; and they despoiled the Egyptians.

Israel Departs from Egypt

37 [⁵having departed ¹And ²the ³sons ⁴of Israel] from out of Rameses into Succoth, to the number of six hundred thousand footmen, the males, besides the belongings, 38 and [²intermixed company ¹a great] went up with them, and sheep and oxen, and cattle -- many exceedingly. 39 And they baked the dough which they brought from out of Egypt -- [²cakes baked in hot ashes ¹unleavened]. [³not ¹For ²it was] leavened, [⁴cast ⁶out ¹because ⁵them ²the ³Egyptians], and they were not able to remain, nor [²provisions ¹to prepare] for themselves for the journey. 40 And the dwelling of the sons of Israel, which they dwelt in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, they and their fathers -- four hundred thirty years. 41 And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty year, came forth all the force of the lord from out of the land of Egypt. 42 [²a night ³post ¹It is] to the lord, so as to lead them from out of the land of Egypt. That night itself is a post to the lord, so as [²to all ³the ⁴sons ⁵of Israel ¹to be] into their generations. 43 [³said ¹And ²the lord] to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover. Every foreigner shall not eat of it. 44 And every domestic servant, any which was bought with silver, you shall circumcise him. And then he shall eat of it. 45 Sojourner or hireling shall not eat of it. 46 In [²house ¹one] it shall be eaten, and you shall not bring forth from the house of any of the meats outside, and [²a bone ¹you shall not break] of it. 47 Every gathering of the sons of Israel shall do it. 48 And if any [²should come forward ³to ⁴you ¹convert], and should observe the passover to the lord, you shall circumcise [³of his ¹every ²male]. And then he shall come forward to do it. And he will be as also the native born of the land. Every uncircumcised one shall not eat of it. 49 [³law ²one ¹There shall be] to the native inhabitant, and to the one coming forward to convert among you. 50 And [⁴did ¹the ²sons ³of Israel] as the lord gave charge to Moses and Aaron to them -- so they did. 51 And it came to pass in that day the lord led out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt with their force.