Exodus 12:40–51

⁴⁰The time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.^{* 41}At the end of four hundred thirty years, on that very day, all the companies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.^{* 42}That was for the Lord a night of vigil, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. That same night is a vigil to be kept for the Lord by all the Israelites throughout their generations.^*

Directions for the Passover

⁴³The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance for the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, ⁴⁴but any slave who has been purchased may eat of it after he has been circumcised; ⁴⁵no bound or hired servant may eat of it. ⁴⁶It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the animal outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.^{* 47}The whole congregation of Israel shall do this.^{* 48}If an alien who resides with you wants to celebrate the Passover to the Lord, all his males shall be circumcised; then he may draw near to celebrate it; he shall be regarded as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it; ⁴⁹there shall be one law for the native-born and for the alien who resides among you.”^*

⁵⁰All the Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹That very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company.^*