1 N ow the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

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

2 “ This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.

This month shall be unto you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3 S peak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers’ households, a lamb for each household.

Speak 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;

4 N ow if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.

and 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.

5 Y our lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

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

6 Y ou shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.

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 between the two evenings.

7 M oreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

And 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.

8 T hey shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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

9 D o not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails.

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

10 A nd you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire.

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

11 N ow 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 the Lord’s Passover.

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 F or I 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 against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments— I am the Lord.

For 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.

13 T he blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. Feast of Unleavened Bread

And 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.

14 ‘ Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.

And 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.

15 S even days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.

Seven 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.

16 O n 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 what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you.

And 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.

17 Y ou shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent ordinance.

And 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.

18 I n 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.

In 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.

19 S even days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.

For 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.

20 Y ou shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’”

Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations ye shall eat unleavened bread.

21 T hen Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “ Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.

¶ 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.

22 Y ou shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and 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

And 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.

23 F or the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you.

For 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.

24 A nd you shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever.

And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons forever.

25 W hen you enter the land which the Lord will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite.

And 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.

26 A nd when your children say to you, ‘ What does this rite mean to you?’

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

27 y ou shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our homes.’” And the people bowed low and worshiped.

That 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.

28 T hen the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

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

29 N ow it came about at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.

¶ 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.

30 P haraoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.

And 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.

31 T hen he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the Lord, as you have said.

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 sons of Israel, and go, serve the LORD as ye have said.

32 T ake both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also.” Exodus of Israel

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

33 T he Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We will all be dead.”

And 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.

34 S o the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.

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

35 N ow the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;

And 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.

36 a nd the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

And 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.

37 N ow the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children.

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

38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, along with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.

And a mixed multitude went up also with them and many sheep and cows.

39 T hey baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

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 nor prepare food for themselves.

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

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

41 A nd at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. Ordinance of the Passover

And 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.

42 I t is a night to be observed for the Lord for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for the Lord, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

It 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.

43 T he Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it;

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

44 b ut every man’s slave purchased with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it.

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

45 A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of it.

The foreigner and the hired servant shall not eat of it.

46 I t is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it.

It 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.

47 A ll the congregation of Israel are to celebrate this.

All the congregation of Israel shall make this sacrifice.

48 B ut if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

And 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.

49 T he same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you.”

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

50 T hen all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

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

51 A nd on that same day the Lord brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

And 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.