how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover. 12:1 The importance of this verse lies in its identification of Moses and Aaron, who were Levites and priests, as recipients of the legal instruction that follows. It was the responsibility of Levites and priests throughout the generations of Israel not only to keep the law themselves10 but also to enforce it and teach it to the population