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Chapter 12
- 12:1
- And the
LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
- 12:2
- This
month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first
month of the year to you.
- 12:3
- Speak ye
unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this
month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house
of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
- 12:4
- And if
the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour
next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls;
every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
- 12:5
- Your lamb
shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it
out from the sheep, or from the goats:
- 12:6
- And ye
shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the
whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the
evening.
- 12:7
- And they
shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on
the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
- 12:8
- And they
shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened
bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
- 12:9
- Eat not
of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head
with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
- 12:10
- And ye
shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which
remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
- 12:11
- And thus
shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and
your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the
LORD's passover.
- 12:12
- For I
will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all
the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
- 12:13
- And the
blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and
when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not
be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
- 12:14
- And this
day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to
the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an
ordinance for ever.
- 12:15
- Seven
days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put
away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread
from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off
from Israel.
- 12:16
- And in
the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh
day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall
be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be
done of you.
- 12:17
- And ye
shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day
have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall
ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
- 12:18
- In the
first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat
unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at
even.
- 12:19
- Seven
days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever
eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from
the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the
land.
- 12:20
- Ye shall
eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened
bread.
- 12:21
- Then
Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw
out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the
passover.
- 12:22
- And ye
shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the
bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood
that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his
house until the morning.
- 12:23
- For the
LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the
blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass
over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your
houses to smite you.
- 12:24
- And ye
shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for
ever.
- 12:25
- And it
shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will
give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this
service.
- 12:26
- And it
shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean
ye by this service?
- 12:27
- That ye
shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over
the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and
worshipped.
- 12:28
- And the
children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses
and Aaron, so did they.
- 12:29
- And it
came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the
land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne
unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the
firstborn of cattle.
- 12:30
- And
Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the
Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a
house where there was not one dead.
- 12:31
- And he
called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you
forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and
go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.
- 12:32
- Also take
your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me
also.
- 12:33
- And the
Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out
of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
- 12:34
- And the
people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs
being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
- 12:35
- And the
children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they
borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment:
- 12:36
- And the
LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that
they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the
Egyptians.
- 12:37
- And the
children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six
hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
- 12:38
- And a
mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even
very much cattle.
- 12:39
- And they
baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of
Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt,
and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any
victual.
- 12:40
- Now the
sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four
hundred and thirty years.
- 12:41
- And it
came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the
selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out
from the land of Egypt.
- 12:42
- It is a
night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the
land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all
the children of Israel in their generations.
- 12:43
- And the
LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover:
There shall no stranger eat thereof:
- 12:44
- But every
man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised
him, then shall he eat thereof.
- 12:45
- A
foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
- 12:46
- In one
house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh
abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
- 12:47
- All the
congregation of Israel shall keep it.
- 12:48
- And when
a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the
LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and
keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no
uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
- 12:49
- One law
shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among you.
- 12:50
- Thus did
all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so
did they.
- 12:51
- And it
came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
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