²¹Then Moses called for all the leaders of Israel. He said to them, “Pick out a lamb or a young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animal. ²²Take the branch of a hyssop plant, dip it in the blood which is in a bowl, and put some of the blood on the top and sides of the doorframes ⸤of your houses⸥. No one may leave the house until morning. ²³The Lord will go throughout Egypt to kill the Egyptians. When he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, he will pass over that doorway, and he will not let the destroyer come into your home to kill you.

²⁴“You must follow these instructions. They are a permanent law for you and your children. ²⁵When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. ²⁶When your children ask you what this ceremony means to you, ²⁷you must answer, ‘It’s the Passover sacrifice in the Lord’s honor. The Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he killed the Egyptians.’ ”

Then the people knelt, bowing with their faces touching the ground. ²⁸The Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

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