1 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

2 T his month shall be unto you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.

“This month will be the beginning of months. It will be the first month of the year to you.

3 S peak unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month let each man take a lamb according to the families of the fathers, a lamb per family;

Speak to the people of Israel when they are gathered together. Tell them that on the tenth day of this month, every man must take a lamb for those of his father’s house, a lamb for each house.

4 a nd if the household is too small and is not able to eat the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of persons; each one according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

If those in the house are too few to eat a lamb, let him and his nearest neighbor take the right amount for the number of people. Divide the lamb by how much each can eat.

5 T he lamb shall be without blemish, a male of one year; ye shall take it out from the sheep or from the goats;

Your lamb must be perfect, a male lamb one year old. You may take it from the sheep or the goats.

6 a nd 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 between the two evenings.

Keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then all the people of Israel are to kill it in the evening.

7 A nd they shall take of the blood and put it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses in which they shall eat it.

Then they must take some of the blood and put it on the wood pieces at the sides and top of the door of each house where they will eat it.

8 A nd they shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

They must eat the meat that same night, made ready over a fire. They will eat it with bread made without yeast and with bitter plants.

9 E at none of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire, his head with his legs, and with the entrails thereof.

Do not eat any of it if it is not cooked or if it is made ready by boiling. But cook it over a fire, its head, legs and inside parts.

10 A nd ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

Do not save any of it until morning. Burn with fire whatever is left of it before morning.

11 A nd 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.

“Eat it with your shoes on your feet and your walking stick in your hand. And you must eat it in a hurry. It is the time the Lord will pass over.

12 F or I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both among man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night. And I will kill all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will punish all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.

13 A nd this blood shall be to you for a sign 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.

But the blood will mark for you the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you. And no trouble will come upon you to destroy you when I punish the land of Egypt.

14 A nd this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it as a feast unto the LORD throughout your ages; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

“This day will be for you to remember. You must remember it by having a special supper in honor to the Lord. All of you must keep it as a law forever.

15 S even days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. On the first day you must get all the yeast out of your houses. Whoever eats anything with yeast from the first day until the seventh day will be taken away from Israel.

16 A nd in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every person must eat, that only may be done of you.

On the first day you must have a holy meeting of the people, and another holy meeting on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to get ready what every person must eat. You may do only that.

17 A nd ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore, shall ye observe this day for your ages by an ordinance forever.

You must have the special supper of bread without yeast. For on this same day I brought your family groups out of the land of Egypt. So all of you must remember this day as a law forever.

18 I n the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, ye shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.

“In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day, you must eat bread made without yeast.

19 F or seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or born in the land.

There must be no yeast found in your houses for seven days. For whoever eats anything with yeast, that person, stranger or born in the land, will be cut off from the people of Israel.

20 Y e shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations ye shall eat unleavened bread.

Do not eat anything with yeast. You must eat bread made without yeast in all your homes.”

21 ¶ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said unto them, Draw out and take lambs according to your families and sacrifice the passover.

Then Moses called for all the leaders of Israel. He said to them, “Go and choose lambs for your families, and kill the Passover lamb.

22 A nd ye shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin and touch the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

Take a small branch and put it in the blood in the pot. Spread some of the blood on the wood pieces on the top and sides of the door. Then none of you go outside the door of his house until morning.

23 F or the LORD will pass through smiting the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over that door and will not allow the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

For the Lord will pass through to kill the Egyptians. But when He sees the blood around your door, the Lord will pass over the door. He will not let the one who destroys come into your houses to kill you.

24 A nd ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons forever.

You must remember this as a law for you and your children forever.

25 A nd it shall come to pass, when ye have entered into the land which the LORD will give you, according as he has promised, that ye shall keep this service.

You must remember this special time when you go to the land that the Lord has promised to give you.

26 A nd it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What do you mean by this service?

When your children ask you, ‘What does this special time mean to you?’

27 T hat ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s passover, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians and delivered our houses. Then the people bowed and worshipped.

you will say, ‘It is a Passover gift to the Lord. Because He passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt. He killed the Egyptians but saved our homes.’” And the people bowed to the ground and worshiped.

28 A nd the sons of Israel went away, and as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

Then the people of Israel went and did what the Lord had told Moses and Aaron. Death of the First-Born

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 the animals.

At midnight the Lord killed all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on the throne to the first-born of the one who was held in prison, and all the first-born of the cattle.

30 A nd Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his slaves and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

Pharaoh got up in the night, he and his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a loud cry in Egypt. For there was no home where there was not someone dead. Children of Israel Leave Egypt

31 A nd he called for Moses and Aaron by night and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the sons of Israel, and go, serve the LORD as ye have said.

Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron at night. He said, “Get up and go away from my people, both you and the people of Israel. Go and worship the Lord, as you have said.

32 A lso take your sheep and your cows, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

Take your flocks and your cattle, as you have said, and go. And pray that good will come to me also.”

33 A nd the Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste, for they said, We are all dead men.

The Egyptians were trying to make the people hurry out of the land. For they said, “We will all be dead.”

34 A nd the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

So the people took their dough before yeast had been added. They tied their dough pots in their clothes on their shoulders.

35 A nd the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked the Egyptians for vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing.

The people of Israel had done what Moses had said. They had asked the Egyptians for things made of silver and gold and for clothes.

36 A nd the LORD gave the people grace in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

And the Lord had given the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians. So the Egyptians let them have whatever they asked for. And they took the best things of Egypt.

37 ¶ And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, not counting the children.

The people of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about 600, 000 men on foot, and also the women and children.

38 A nd a mixed multitude went up also with them and many sheep and cows.

And a mixed group of people went with them, and very many flocks and cattle.

39 A nd 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 nor prepare food for themselves.

They made the dough they had brought out of Egypt into loaves of bread without yeast. Yeast was not added to the dough because they had been sent out of Egypt and could not wait. They could not make ready any food for themselves.

40 N ow the time that the sons of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

The people of Israel had lived in Egypt 430 years.

41 A nd it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even that same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

At the end of 430 years, on that same day, all of the Lord’s people left Egypt.

42 I t is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this night should be observed unto the LORD by all the sons of Israel in their ages.

It was a night to be remembered for the Lord for having brought them out of the land of Egypt. This night is for the Lord, to be remembered by all the people of Israel for all time. How the Passover Supper Should Be Eaten

43 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This shall be the ordinance of the passover: No stranger shall eat of it,

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the Law of the Passover. No stranger may eat of it.

44 b ut every man’s slave that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.

But every servant who is bought with money may eat of it, only after he has gone through the religious act of becoming a Jew.

45 T he foreigner and the hired servant shall not eat of it.

A stranger or paid servant may not eat of it.

46 I t shall be eaten in one house; thou shalt not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

It must be eaten in one house. You must not carry any of the meat outside the house. And you must not break a bone of it.

47 A ll the congregation of Israel shall make this sacrifice.

All the people of Israel must remember this.

48 A nd if a stranger shall sojourn with thee and desire to make the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and make this sacrifice; and he shall be as one that is natural in the land, but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

But when a stranger staying with you wants to share in this special supper to the Lord, let all his men and boys go through the religious act of becoming a Jew. Then let him come near to share in the special supper. He will be like one who is born in the land. But no person who has not gone through the religious act may eat of it.

49 T he same law shall be for the one who is natural, and for the stranger that sojourns among you.

The same law is for the one who is born in the land and for the stranger who stays among you.”

50 T hus did all the sons of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

Then all the people of Israel did just as the Lord had told Moses and Aaron.

51 A nd it came to pass that same day that the LORD did bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

On that same day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their family groups.