Exodus 12:40–51

⁴⁰The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt^A was 430 years.^{k 41}At the end of 430 years, on that same day, all the Lord’s military divisions went out from the land of Egypt. ⁴²It was a night of vigil in honor of the Lord, because he would bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is in honor of the Lord, a night vigil for all the Israelites throughout their generations.^l

PASSOVER INSTRUCTION

⁴³The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it. ⁴⁴But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him. ⁴⁵A temporary resident or hired worker may not eat the Passover.^{m 46}It is to be eaten in one house. You may not take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of its bones.^{n 47}The whole community of Israel must celebrate^A it. ⁴⁸If an alien resides among you and wants to observe the Lord’s Passover, every male in his household must be circumcised, and then he may participate;^B he will become like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it. ⁴⁹The same law will apply to both the native and the alien who resides among you.”^o

⁵⁰Then all the Israelites did this; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹On that same day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their military divisions.^p