The Passover

16:1–8pp—Ex 12:14–20; Lev 23:4–8; Nu 28:16–25

16 Observe the month of Avivu and celebrate the Passoverv of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.w 3 Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,x because you left Egypt in hastey—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.z 4 Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the eveninga of the first day remain until morning.b

5 You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you 6 except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversarya c of your departure from Egypt. 7 Roastd it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents.