The First Passover
(Numbers 9:1-14)
1And the LORDspakeunto Mosesand Aaronin the landof Egypt,saying,2This month[shall be] unto you the beginningof months:it [shall be] the firstmonthof the yearto you.3Speakye unto all the congregationof Israel,saying,In the tenth[day] of this monththey shall taketo them every mana lamb,according to the houseof [their] fathers,a lambfor an house:4And if the householdbetoo littlefor the lamb,let him and his neighbournextunto his housetake[it] according to the numberof the souls;every manaccordingto his eatingshall make your countfor the lamb.5Your lambshall be without blemish,a maleof the firstyear:ye shall take[it] out from the sheep,or from the goats:6And ye shall keepit up until the fourteenthdayof the same month:and the wholeassemblyof the congregationof Israelshall killit inthe evening.7And they shall takeof the blood,and strike[it] on the twoside postsand on the upper door postof the houses,wherein they shall eatit.8And they shall eatthe fleshin that night,roastwith fire,and unleavened bread;[and] with bitter[herbs] they shall eatit.9Eatnot of it raw,nor soddenat all with water,but roast[with] fire;his headwith his legs,and with the purtenancethereof.10And ye shall let nothing of it remainuntil the morning;and that which remainethof it until the morningye shall burnwith fire.11And thusshall ye eatit; [with] your loinsgirded,your shoeson your feet,and your staffin your hand;and ye shall eatit in haste:it [is] the LORD'Spassover.12For I will passthrough the landof Egyptthis night,and will smiteall the firstbornin the landof Egypt,both manand beast;and against all the godsof EgyptI will executejudgment:I [am] the LORD.13And the bloodshall be to you for a tokenupon the houseswhere ye [are]: and when I seethe blood,I will passover you, and the plagueshall not be upon you to destroy[you], when I smitethe landof Egypt.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
(Leviticus 23:4-8;Numbers 28:16-25;Deuteronomy 16:1-8)
14And this dayshall be unto you for a memorial;and ye shall keepit a feastto the LORDthroughout your generations;ye shall keep it a feastby an ordinancefor ever.15Sevendaysshall ye eatunleavened bread;eventhe firstdayye shall put awayleavenout of your houses:for whosoever eatethleavened breadfrom the firstdayuntil the seventhday,that soulshall be cutoff from Israel.16And in the firstday[there shall be] an holyconvocation,and in the seventhdaythere shall be an holyconvocationto you; no manner of workshall be donein them, save[that] which every manmust eat,that only may be doneof you.17And ye shall observe[the feast of] unleavened bread;for in this selfsamedayhave I broughtyour armiesout of the landof Egypt:therefore shall ye observethis dayin your generationsby an ordinancefor ever.18In the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the monthat even,ye shall eatunleavened bread,until the oneand twentiethdayof the monthat even.19Sevendaysshall there be no leavenfoundin your houses:for whosoever eateththat which is leavened,even that soulshall be cut offfrom the congregationof Israel,whether he be a stranger,or bornin the land.20Ye shall eatnothing leavened;in all your habitationsshall ye eatunleavened bread.
21Then Mosescalledfor all the eldersof Israel,and saidunto them, Draw outand takeyou a lambaccording to your families,and killthe passover.22And ye shall takea bunchof hyssop,and dip[it] in the bloodthat [is] in the bason,and strikethe linteland the twoside postswith the bloodthat [is] in the bason;and noneof you shall go outat the doorof his houseuntil the morning.
23For the LORDwill pass throughto smitethe Egyptians;and when he seeththe bloodupon the lintel,and on the twoside posts,the LORDwill pass overthe door,and will not sufferthe destroyerto comein unto your housesto smite[you].24And ye shall observethis thingfor an ordinanceto thee and to thy sonsforever.25And it shall come to pass, when ye be cometo the landwhich the LORDwill giveyou, according as he hath promised,that ye shall keepthis service.26And it shall come to pass, when your childrenshall sayunto you, What mean ye by this service?27That ye shall say,It [is] the sacrificeof the LORD'Spassover,who passedover the housesof the childrenof Israelin Egypt,when he smotethe Egyptians,and deliveredour houses.And the peoplebowed the headand worshipped.
28And the childrenof Israelwent away,and didas the LORDhad commandedMosesand Aaron,so didthey.
The Tenth Plague: Death of Firstborn
29And it came to pass, that at midnightthe LORDsmoteall the firstbornin the landof Egypt,from the firstbornof Pharaohthat saton his throneunto the firstbornof the captivethat [was] in the dungeon;and all the firstbornof cattle.30And Pharaohrose upin the night,he, and all his servants,and all the Egyptians;and there was a greatcryin Egypt;for [there was] not a housewhere [there was] not one dead.
The Exodus Begins
31And he calledfor Mosesand Aaronby night,and said,Rise up,[and] get you forthfrom amongmy people,both ye and the childrenof Israel;and go,servethe LORD,as ye have said.32Also takeyour flocksand your herds,as ye have said,and be gone;and blessme also.
33And the Egyptianswere urgentupon the people,that they might sendthem out of the landin haste;for they said,We [be] all dead[men].34And the peopletooktheir doughbefore it was leavened,their kneadingtroughsbeing bound upin their clothesupon their shoulders.
35And the childrenof Israeldidaccording to the wordof Moses;and they borrowedof the Egyptiansjewelsof silver,and jewelsof gold,and raiment:36And the LORDgavethe peoplefavourin the sightof the Egyptians,so that they lentunto them [such things as they required]. And they spoiledthe Egyptians.
37And the childrenof Israeljourneyedfrom Ramesesto Succoth,about sixhundredthousandon foot[that were] men,besidechildren.38And a mixedmultitudewent upalso with them; and flocks,and herds,[even] verymuchcattle.39And they bakedunleavenedcakesof the doughwhich they brought forthout of Egypt,for it was not leavened;because they were thrust outof Egypt,and couldnot tarry,neither had they preparedfor themselves any victual.
40Now the sojourningof the childrenof Israel,who dweltin Egypt,[was] fourhundredand thirtyyears.41And it came to pass at the endof the fourhundredand thirtyyears,even the selfsamedayit came to pass, that all the hostsof the LORDwent outfrom the landof Egypt.
42It [is] a nightto be much observedunto the LORDfor bringingthem out from the landof Egypt:this [is] that nightof the LORDto be observedof all the childrenof Israelin their generations.
Instructions for the Passover
43And the LORDsaidunto Mosesand Aaron,This [is] the ordinanceof the passover:There shall no strangereatthereof:44But every man'sservantthat is boughtfor money,when thou hast circumcisedhim, then shall he eatthereof.45A foreignerand an hired servantshall not eatthereof.46In onehouseshall it be eaten;thou shalt not carry forthought of the fleshabroadout of the house;neither shall ye breaka bonethereof.47All the congregationof Israelshall keepit.48And when a strangershall sojournwith thee, and will keepthe passoverto the LORD,let all his malesbe circumcised,and then let him come nearand keepit; and he shall be as one that is bornin the land:for no uncircumcised personshall eatthereof.49Onelawshall be to him that is homeborn,and unto the strangerthat sojournethamongyou.
50Thus didall the childrenof Israel;as the LORDcommandedMosesand Aaron,so didthey.51And it came to pass the selfsameday,[that] the LORDdid bringthe childrenof Israelout of the landof Egyptby their armies.
