Exodus 12:21–51

²¹And Moses calleth for all the elders of Israel, and saith unto them, ‘Draw out and take for yourselves from the flock, for your families, and slaughter the passover-sacrifice; ²²and ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped it in the blood which is in the basin, and have struck it on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which is in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning.

²³‘And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite.

²⁴‘And ye have observed this thing, for a statute to thee, and to thy sons—unto the age; ²⁵and it hath been, when ye come in unto the land which Jehovah giveth to you, as He hath spoken, that ye have kept this service; ²⁶and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What is this service ye have? ²⁷that ye have said, A sacrifice of passover it is to Jehovah, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, in His smiting the Egyptians, and our houses He delivered.’ ²⁸And the people bow and do obeisance, and the sons of Israel go and do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done.

²⁹And it cometh to pass, at midnight, that Jehovah hath smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the captive who is in the prison-house, and every first-born of beasts. ³⁰And Pharaoh riseth by night, he and all his servants, and all the Egyptians, and there is a great cry in Egypt, for there is not a house where there is not one dead, ³¹and he calleth for Moses and for Aaron by night, and saith, ‘Rise, go out from the midst of my people, both ye and the sons of Israel, and go, serve Jehovah according to your word; ³²both your flock and your herd take ye, as ye have spoken, and go; then ye have blessed also me.’ ³³And the Egyptians are urgent on the people, hasting to send them away out of the land, for they said, ‘We are all dead;’ ³⁴and the people taketh up its dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs are bound up in their garments on their shoulder. ³⁵And the sons of Israel have done according to the word of Moses, and they ask from the Egyptians vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments; ³⁶and Jehovah hath given the grace of the people in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they cause them to ask, and they spoil the Egyptians.

³⁷And the sons of Israel journey from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, apart from infants; ³⁸and a great rabble also hath gone up with them, and flock and herd—very much cattle. ³⁹And they bake with the dough which they have brought out from Egypt unleavened cakes, for it hath not fermented; for they have been cast out of Egypt, and have not been able to delay, and also provision they have not made for themselves. ⁴⁰And the dwelling of the sons of Israel which they have dwelt in Egypt is four hundred and thirty years; ⁴¹and it cometh to pass, at the end of four hundred and thirty years—yea, it cometh to pass in this self-same day—all the hosts of Jehovah have gone out from the land of Egypt. ⁴²A night of watchings it is to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it is this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.

⁴³And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, ‘This is a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it; ⁴⁴and any man’s servant, the purchase of money, when thou hast circumcised him—then he doth eat of it; ⁴⁵a settler or hired servant doth not eat of it; ⁴⁶in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house any of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it; ⁴⁷all the company of Israel do keep it.

⁴⁸‘And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and hath made a passover to Jehovah, every male of his is to be circumcised, and then he doth come near to keep it, and he hath been as a native of the land, but any uncircumcised one doth not eat of it; ⁴⁹one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.’ ⁵⁰And all the sons of Israel do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done. ⁵¹And it cometh to pass in this self-same day, Jehovah hath brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts.

Chapter 13