Exodus, 12

1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

1. Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt and said,

2. This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you.

2. "This month is to be the beginning of all months, the first month of your year.

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:

3. Speak to the community of Israel and say to them: On the tenth day of this month let each family take a lamb, a lamb for each house.

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.

4. If the family is too small for a lamb, they must join with a neighbor, the nearest to the house, according to the number of persons and to what each one can eat.

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:

5. You will select a perfect lamb without blemish, a male born during the present year, taken from the sheep or goats.

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.

6. Then you will keep it until the fourteenth day of the month. On that evening all the people will slaughter their lambs

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.

7. and take some of the blood to put on the doorposts and on top of the doorframes of the houses where you eat.

8. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.

8. That night you will eat the flesh roasted at the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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.

9. Do not eat the meat lightly cooked or boiled in water but roasted entirely over the fire - the head, the legs and the inner parts.

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.

10. Do not leave any of it until the morning. If any is left till morning, burn it in the fire.

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.

11. And this is how you will eat: with a belt round your waist, sandals on your feet and a staff in your hand. You shall eat hastily for it is a passover in honor of Yahweh.

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. On that night I shall go through Egypt and strike every firstborn in Egypt, men and animals; and I will even bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt, I, Yahweh!

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.

13. The blood on your houses will be the sign that you are there. I will see the blood and pass over you; and you will escape the mortal plague when I strike Egypt.

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.

14. This is a day you are to remember and celebrate in honor of Yahweh. It is to be kept as a festival day for all generations forever.

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.

15. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread. From the first day you are to remove all leaven from your houses, for if anyone eats leavened bread from the first to the seventh day he will no longer live in Israel.

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.

16. On the first day there will be a sacred reunion and another on the seventh. No work is to be done on these days except what is necessary in the preparation of food.

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.

17. Celebrate the feast of unleavened bread, because on that day I brought your armies out of Egypt. Celebrate it in future generations as an everlasting ordinance.

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.

18. In the first month, from the fourteenth day in the evening to the twenty-first, you are to eat unleavened bread.

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.

19. For seven days there will be no leaven in your houses. Anyone who eats what is leavened will be cut off from the community of Israel whether foreigner or native born.

20. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

20. Nothing leavened is to be eaten; only unleavened bread is to be eaten."

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.

21. Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Select and take one animal for each family and slaughter the Passover lamb.

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.

22. Take a twig of hyssop dipped in its blood and sprinkle the blood on the doorposts and the top of the doorframe: from then on no one will go out of the door of the house before morning.

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].

23. Because Yahweh will pass through to strike Egypt and when he sees the blood on the lintel and the doorposts, he will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and kill.

24. And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

24. You and your descendants shall observe these instructions as an everlasting ordinance;

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.

25. you will carry out this ceremony when you enter the land that Yahweh will give you, as he promised.

26. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

26. And when your children ask you: 'What does this ceremony mean?'

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.

27. you will tell them: It is the sacrifice of the Passover for Yahweh who passed over the houses of the Israelites when he struck Egypt and spared our houses." When the people heard this they bowed down and worshiped.

28. And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

28. Then they went away and did what Yahweh had ordered Moses and Aaron.

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.

29. It happened that in the middle of the night Yahweh struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, heir to the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon and the firstborn of all the animals.

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.

30. Pharaoh, his officials and all the Egyptians got up in the night and there was loud wailing in Egypt for there was no house without a death.

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.

31. Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron in the night and said, "Get up and go from among my people, you and the people of Israel. Go and worship Yahweh as you have said!

32. Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

32. Take your sheep and your cattle, as you told me, and go! provided that the blessing be for me as well."

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].

33. The Egyptians, too, pressed the people to leave the country in all haste. For they said, "If they don't go, we are all going to die."

34. And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

34. So the Israelites carried away on their shoulders the dough which had not yet risen, and their kneading bowls wrapped in their cloaks.

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:

35. They did as Moses had instructed them and borrowed from the Egyptians articles of gold and silver and clothes.

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.

36. Yahweh made the Egyptians agree to the requests of his people and give them what they asked for. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

37. And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.

37. The Israelites left Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand of them on the march, counting the men only, and not the children.

38. And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle.

38. A great number of other people of all descriptions went with them, as well as sheep and cattle in droves.

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.

39. With the dough they had brought with them from Egypt, they made cakes of unleavened bread. It had not risen, for when they were driven from Egypt they could not delay and had not even provided themselves with food.

40. Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years.

40. The Israelites had been in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years.

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.

41. It was at the end of these four hundred and thirty years to the very day that the armies of Yahweh left Egypt.

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.

42. This is the watch for Yahweh who brought Israel out of Egypt. This night is for Yahweh, and the sons of Israel are also to keep vigil on this night, year after year, for all time.

43. And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

43. Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the precepts for the celebration of the Passover. No foreigner is to eat it,

44. But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

44. except the slave who has been circumcised after having been bought.

45. A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

45. He may eat it. But not so the temporary resident or the hired worker.

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.

46. The lamb must be eaten inside the house and nothing of it shall be taken outside. Do not break any of its bones.

47. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

47. All the community of Israel will observe this rite.

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.

48. If a guest is staying with you and wants to celebrate the Passover of Yahweh, he must have all the males in his household circumcised. Then he may take part like one born in the land, but no uncircumcised man may participate.

49. One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

49. The law is the same for the native and the stranger living with you."

50. Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

50. All the people of Israel did as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron,

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.

51. and that same day Yahweh brought out the sons of Israel and their armies from the land of Egypt.