Exodus 12:21–51

²¹Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb ^raccording to your families, and kill the passover. ²²And ye shall take a bunch of ^shyssop, and ^tdip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike ^uthe lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. ²³For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon ^uthe lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. ²⁴And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. ²⁵And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, ^xaccording as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. ²⁶And it shall come to pass, ^ywhen your children shall say unto you, What mean you by this service? ²⁷that ye shall say, ^zIt is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people ^abowed the head and worshipped. ²⁸And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

²⁹And it came to pass, that ^bat midnight ^cthe Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, ^dfrom 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 cattle. ³⁰And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a ^egreat cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. ³¹And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from amongst my people, ^fboth you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. ^32gAlso take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. ^33hAnd the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. ³⁴And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. ³⁵And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they ⁱborrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: ^36kand the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And ^lthey spoiled the Egyptians.

³⁷And ^mthe children of Israel journeyed from ⁿRameses to Succoth, about ^osix hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. ³⁸And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. ³⁹And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because ^pthey were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. ⁴⁰Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was ^qfour hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all ^rthe hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. ⁴²It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

⁴³And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: ⁴⁴but every man’s servant that is ^sbought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. ^45tA foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. ⁴⁶In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; ^uneither shall ye break a bone thereof. ^47xAll the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ⁴⁸And ^ywhen a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is ^zborn in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. ^49aOne law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. ⁵⁰Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. ^51bAnd it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

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