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Verse 1

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H559} unto Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} saying,{H559}

Verse 2

This month{H2320} shall be unto you the beginning{H7218} of months:{H2320} it shall be the first{H7223} month{H2320} of the year{H8141} to you.

Verse 3

Speak{H1696} ye unto all the congregation{H5712} of Israel,{H3478} saying,{H559} In the tenth{H6218} [day] of this month{H2320} they shall take{H3947} to them every man{H376} a lamb,{H7716} according to their fathers'{H1} houses,{H1004} a lamb{H7716} for a household:{H1004}

Verse 4

and if the household{H1004} be{H1961} too little{H4591} for a lamb,{H7716} then shall he and his neighbor{H7934} next{H7138} unto his house{H1004} take{H3947} one according to the number{H4373} of the souls;{H5315} according{H6310} to every man's{H376} eating{H400} ye shall make your count{H3699} for the lamb.{H7716}

Verse 5

Your lamb{H7716} shall be without blemish,{H8549} a male{H2145} a{H1121} year{H8141} old: ye shall take{H3947} it from the sheep,{H3532} or from the goats:{H5795}

Verse 6

and ye shall keep{H4931} it until the fourteenth{H702} day{H3117} of the same month;{H2320} and the whole{H3605} assembly{H6951} of the congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478} shall kill{H7819} it at{H996} even.{H6153}

Verse 7

And they shall take{H3947} of the blood,{H1818} and put{H5414} it on the two{H8147} side-posts{H4201} and on the lintel,{H4947} upon the houses{H1004} wherein they shall eat{H398} it.

Verse 8

And they shall eat{H398} the flesh{H1320} in that night,{H3915} roast{H6748} with fire,{H784} and unleavened bread;{H4682} with bitter{H4844} herbs they shall eat{H398} it.

Verse 9

Eat{H398} not of it raw,{H4995} nor boiled{H1310} at all with water,{H4325} but roast{H6748} with fire;{H784} its head{H7218} with its legs{H3767} and with the inwards{H7130} thereof.

Verse 10

And ye shall let nothing of it remain{H3498} until the morning;{H1242} but that which remaineth{H3498} of it until the morning{H1242} ye shall burn{H8313} with fire.{H784}

Verse 11

And thus{H3602} shall ye eat{H398} it: with your loins{H4975} girded,{H2296} your shoes{H5275} on your feet,{H7272} and your staff{H4731} in your hand;{H3027} and ye shall eat{H398} it in haste:{H2649} it is Jehovah's{H3068} passover.{H6453}

Verse 12

For I will go{H5674} through the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} in that night,{H3915} and will smite{H5221} all the first-born{H1060} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} both man{H120} and beast;{H929} and against all the gods{H430} of Egypt{H4714} I will execute{H6213} judgments:{H8201} I am Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 13

And the blood{H1818} shall be to you for a token{H226} upon the houses{H1004} where ye are: and when I see{H7200} the blood,{H1818} I will pass{H6452} over you, and there shall no plague{H5063} be upon you to destroy{H4889} you, when I smite{H5221} the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 14

And this day{H3117} shall be unto you for a memorial,{H2146} and ye shall keep{H2287} it a feast{H2282} to Jehovah:{H3068} throughout your generations{H1755} ye shall keep it a feast{H2287} by an ordinance{H2708} for ever.{H5769}

Verse 15

Seven{H7651} days{H3117} shall ye eat{H398} unleavened bread;{H4682} even{H389} the first{H7223} day{H3117} ye shall put away{H7673} leaven{H7603} out of your houses:{H1004} for whosoever eateth{H398} leavened bread{H2557} from the first{H7223} day{H3117} until the seventh{H7637} day,{H3117} that soul{H5315} shall be cut{H3772} off from Israel.{H3478}

Verse 16

And in the first{H7223} day{H3117} there shall be to you a holy{H6944} convocation,{H4744} and in the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} a holy{H6944} convocation;{H4744} no manner of work{H4399} shall be done{H6213} in them, save{H389} that which every man{H5315} must eat,{H398} that only may be done{H6213} by you.

Verse 17

And ye shall observe{H8104} the feast of unleavened bread;{H4682} for in this selfsame{H6106} day{H3117} have I brought{H3318} your hosts{H6635} out of the land{H776} of Egypt:{H4714} therefore shall ye observe{H8104} this day{H3117} throughout your generations{H1755} by an ordinance{H2708} for ever.{H5769}

Verse 18

In the first{H7223} [month], on the fourteenth{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} at even,{H6153} ye shall eat{H398} unleavened bread,{H4682} until the one{H259} and twentieth{H6242} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} at even.{H6153}

Verse 19

Seven{H7651} days{H3117} shall there be no leaven{H7603} found{H4672} in your houses:{H1004} for whosoever eateth{H398} that which is leavened,{H2556} that soul{H5315} shall be cut off{H3772} from the congregation{H5712} of Israel,{H3478} whether he be a sojourner,{H1616} or one that is born{H249} in the land.{H776}

Verse 20

Ye shall eat{H398} nothing leavened;{H2556} in all your habitations{H4186} shall ye eat{H398} unleavened bread.{H4682}

Verse 21

Then Moses{H4872} called{H7121} for all the elders{H2205} of Israel,{H3478} and said{H559} unto them, Draw out,{H4900} and take{H3947} you lambs{H6629} according to your families,{H4940} and kill{H7819} the passover.{H6453}

Verse 22

And ye shall take{H3947} a bunch{H92} of hyssop,{H231} and dip{H2881} it in the blood{H1818} that is in the basin,{H5592} and strike{H5060} the lintel{H4947} and the two{H8147} side-posts{H4201} with the blood{H1818} that is in the basin;{H5592} and none{H376} of you shall go out{H3318} of the door{H6607} of his house{H1004} until the morning.{H1242}

Verse 23

For Jehovah{H3068} will pass through{H5674} to smite{H5062} the Egyptians;{H4714} and when he seeth{H7200} the blood{H1818} upon the lintel,{H4947} and on the two{H8147} side-posts,{H4201} Jehovah{H3068} will pass over{H6452} the door,{H6607} and will not suffer{H5414} the destroyer{H7843} to come{H935} in unto your houses{H1004} to smite{H5062} you.

Verse 24

And ye shall observe{H8104} this thing{H1697} for an ordinance{H2706} to thee and to thy sons{H1121} for{H5704} ever.{H5769}

Verse 25

And it shall come to pass, when ye are come{H935} to the land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} will give{H5414} you, according as he hath promised,{H1696} that ye shall keep{H8104} this service.{H5656}

Verse 26

And it shall come to pass, when your children{H1121} shall say{H559} unto you, What mean ye by this service?{H5656}

Verse 27

that ye shall say,{H559} It is the sacrifice{H2077} of Jehovah's{H3068} passover,{H6453} who passed{H6452} over the houses{H1004} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in Egypt,{H4714} when he smote{H5062} the Egyptians,{H4714} and delivered{H5337} our houses.{H1004} And the people{H5971} bowed the head{H6915} and worshipped.{H7812}

Verse 28

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} went{H3212} and did{H6213} so; as Jehovah{H3068} had commanded{H6680} Moses{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} so did{H6213} they.

Verse 29

And it came to pass at midnight,{H2677} that Jehovah{H3068} smote{H5221} all the first-born{H1060} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} from the first-born{H1060} of Pharaoh{H6547} that sat{H3427} on his throne{H3678} unto the first-born{H1060} of the captive{H7628} that was in the dungeon;{H1004} and all the first-born{H1060} of cattle.{H929}

Verse 30

And Pharaoh{H6547} rose up{H6965} in the night,{H3915} he, and all his servants,{H5650} and all the Egyptians;{H4714} and there was a great{H1419} cry{H6818} in Egypt;{H4714} for there was not a house{H1004} where there was not one dead.{H4191}

Verse 31

And he called{H7121} for Moses{H4872} and Aaron{H175} by night,{H3915} and said,{H559} Rise up,{H6965} get you forth{H3318} from among{H8432} my people,{H5971} both ye and the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and go,{H3212} serve{H5647} Jehovah,{H3068} as ye have said.{H1696}

Verse 32

Take{H3947} both your flocks{H6629} and your herds,{H1241} as ye have said,{H1696} and be gone;{H3212} and bless{H1288} me also.

Verse 33

And the Egyptians{H4714} were urgent{H2388} upon the people,{H5971} to send{H7971} them out of the land{H776} in haste;{H4116} for they said,{H559} We are all dead{H4191} men.

Verse 34

And the people{H5971} took{H5375} their dough{H1217} before it was leavened,{H2556} their kneading-troughs{H4863} being bound up{H6887} in their clothes{H8071} upon their shoulders.{H7926}

Verse 35

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did{H6213} according to the word{H1697} of Moses;{H4872} and they asked{H7592} of the Egyptians{H4714} jewels{H3627} of silver,{H3701} and jewels{H3627} of gold,{H2091} and raiment:{H8071}

Verse 36

and Jehovah{H3068} gave{H5414} the people{H5971} favor{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of the Egyptians,{H4714} so that they let them have{H7592} what they asked. And they despoiled{H5337} the Egyptians.{H4714}

Verse 37

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} journeyed{H5265} from Rameses{H7486} to Succoth,{H5523} about six{H8337} hundred{H3967} thousand{H505} on foot{H7273} that were men,{H1397} besides{H905} children.{H2945}

Verse 38

And a mixed{H6154} multitude{H7227} went up{H5927} also with them; and flocks,{H6629} and herds,{H1241} even very{H3966} much{H3515} cattle.{H4735}

Verse 39

And they baked{H644} unleavened{H4682} cakes{H5692} of the dough{H1217} which they brought forth{H3318} out of Egypt;{H4714} for it was not leavened,{H2556} because they were thrust out{H1644} of Egypt,{H4714} and could{H3201} not tarry,{H4102} neither had they prepared{H6213} for themselves any victuals.{H6720}

Verse 40

Now the time{H4186} that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} dwelt{H3427} in Egypt{H4714} was four{H702} hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years.{H8141}

Verse 41

And it came to pass at the end{H7093} of four{H702} hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} years,{H8141} even the selfsame{H6106} day{H3117} it came to pass, that all the hosts{H6635} of Jehovah{H3068} went out{H3318} from the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

Verse 42

It is a night{H3915} to be much observed{H8107} unto Jehovah{H3068} for bringing{H3318} them out from the land{H776} of Egypt:{H4714} this is that night{H3915} of Jehovah,{H3068} to be much observed{H8107} of all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} throughout their generations.{H1755}

Verse 43

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} This is the ordinance{H2708} of the passover:{H6453} there shall no foreigner{H1121} eat{H398} thereof;

Verse 44

but every man's{H376} servant{H5650} that is bought{H4736} for money,{H3701} when thou hast circumcised{H4135} him, then shall he eat{H398} thereof.

Verse 45

A sojourner{H8453} and a hired servant{H7916} shall not eat{H398} thereof.

Verse 46

In one{H259} house{H1004} shall it be eaten;{H398} thou shalt not carry forth{H3318} aught of the flesh{H1320} abroad{H2351} out of the house;{H1004} neither shall ye break{H7665} a bone{H6106} thereof.

Verse 47

All the congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478} shall keep{H6213} it.

Verse 48

And when a stranger{H1616} shall sojourn{H1481} with thee, and will keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} to Jehovah,{H3068} let all his males{H2145} be circumcised,{H4135} and then let him come near{H7126} and keep{H6213} it; and he shall be as one that is born{H249} in the land:{H776} but no uncircumcised person{H6189} shall eat{H398} thereof.

Verse 49

One{H259} law{H8451} shall be to him that is home-born,{H249} and unto the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} you.

Verse 50

Thus did{H6213} all the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} as Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} Moses{H4872} and Aaron,{H175} so did{H6213} they.

Verse 51

And it came to pass the selfsame{H6106} day,{H3117} that Jehovah{H3068} did bring{H3318} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} by their hosts.{H6635}

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