Exodus, 12

1. Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,

1. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

2. 'This month must be the first of all the months for you, the first month of your year.

2. "This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.

3. Speak to the whole community of Israel and say, "On the tenth day of this month each man must take an animal from the flock for his family: one animal for each household.

3. Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;

4. If the household is too small for the animal, he must join with his neighbour nearest to his house, depending on the number of persons. When you choose the animal, you will take into account what each can eat.

4. and if the household is too small for a lamb, then a man and his neighbor next to his house shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.

5. It must be an animal without blemish, a male one year old; you may choose it either from the sheep or from the goats.

5. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old; you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;

6. You must keep it till the fourteenth day of the month when the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter it at twilight.

6. and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs in the evening.

7. Some of the blood must then be taken and put on both door-posts and the lintel of the houses where it is eaten.

7. Then they shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat them.

8. That night, the flesh must be eaten, roasted over the fire; it must be eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

8. They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with the head, feet and entrails.

9. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled with water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.

10. You must not leave any of it over till the morning: whatever is left till morning you must burn.

10. And you shall let none of it remain until the morning, anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.

11. This is how you must eat it: with a belt round your waist, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You must eat it hurriedly: it is a Passover in Yahweh's honour.

11. In this manner you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's passover.

12. That night, I shall go through Egypt and strike down all the first-born in Egypt, man and beast alike, and shall execute justice on all the gods of Egypt, I, Yahweh!

12. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

13. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood I shall pass over you, and you will escape the destructive plague when I strike Egypt.

13. The blood shall be a sign for you, upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

14. This day must be commemorated by you, and you must keep it as a feast in Yahweh's honour. You must keep it as a feast-day for all generations; this is a decree for all time.

14. "This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.

15. "For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you must clean the leaven out of your houses, for anyone who eats leavened bread from the first to the seventh day must be outlawed from Israel.

15. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; on the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses, for if any one eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.

16. On the first day you must hold a sacred assembly, and on the seventh day a sacred assembly. On those days no work may be done; you will prepare only what each requires to eat.

16. On the first day you shall hold a holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly; no work shall be done on those days; but what every one must eat, that only may be prepared by you.

17. You must keep the feast of Unleavened Bread because it was on that same day that I brought your armies out of Egypt. You will keep that day, generation after generation; this is a decree for all time.

17. And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as an ordinance for ever.

18. In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day, you must eat unleavened bread.

18. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, and so until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

19. For seven days there may be no leaven in your houses, since anyone, either stranger or citizen of the country, who eats leavened bread will be outlawed from the community of Israel.

19. For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; for if any one eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.

20. You will eat nothing with leaven in it; wherever you live, you will eat unleavened bread." '

20. You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread."

21. Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, 'Go and choose a lamb or kid for your families, and kill the Passover victim.

21. Then Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Select lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the passover lamb.

22. Then take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and with the blood from the basin touch the lintel and both door-posts; then let none of you venture out of the house till morning.

22. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood which is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

23. Then, when Yahweh goes through Egypt to strike it, and sees the blood on the lintel and on both door-posts, he will pass over the door and not allow the Destroyer to enter your homes and strike.

23. For the LORD will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to slay you.

24. You will observe this as a decree binding you and your children for all time,

24. You shall observe this rite as an ordinance for you and for your sons for ever.

25. and when you have entered the country which Yahweh will give you, as he has promised, you will observe this ritual.

25. And when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service.

26. And when your children ask you, "What does this ritual mean?"

26. And when your children say to you, `What do you mean by this service?'

27. you will tell them, "It is the Passover sacrifice in honour of Yahweh who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, and struck Egypt but spared our houses." ' And the people bowed in worship.

27. you shall say, `It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he slew the Egyptians but spared our houses.'" And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

28. The Israelites then went away and did as Yahweh had ordered Moses and Aaron.

28. Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

29. And at midnight Yahweh struck down all the first-born in Egypt from the first-born of Pharaoh, heir to his throne, to the first-born of the prisoner in the dungeon, and the first-born of all the livestock.

29. At midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle.

30. Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up in the night, and there was great wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without its dead.

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 one was not dead.

31. It was still dark when Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, 'Up, leave my subjects, you and the Israelites! Go and worship Yahweh as you have asked!

31. And he summoned Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, go forth from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said.

32. And take your flocks and herds as you have asked, and go! And bless me too!'

32. Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!"

33. The Egyptians urged the people on and hurried them out of the country because, they said, 'Otherwise we shall all be dead.'

33. And the Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, "We are all dead men."

34. So the people carried off their dough still unleavened, their bowls wrapped in their cloaks, on their shoulders.

34. So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their mantles on their shoulders.

35. The Israelites did as Moses had told them and asked the Egyptians for silver and golden jewellery, and clothing.

35. The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked of the Egyptians jewelry of silver and of gold, and clothing;

36. Yahweh made the Egyptians so much impressed with the people that they gave them what they asked. So they despoiled the Egyptians.

36. and the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they despoiled the Egyptians.

37. The Israelites left Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand on the march-men, that is, not counting their families.

37. And the people of Israel journeyed from Ram'eses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.

38. A mixed crowd of people went with them, and flocks and herds, quantities of livestock.

38. A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very many cattle, both flocks and herds.

39. And with the dough which they had brought from Egypt they baked unleavened cakes, because the dough had not risen, since they had been driven out of Egypt without time to linger or to prepare food for themselves.

39. And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought 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 provisions.

40. The time that the Israelites spent in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

40. The time that the people of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

41. And on the very day the four hundred and thirty years ended, all Yahweh's armies left Egypt.

41. And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

42. The night when Yahweh kept vigil to bring them out of Egypt must be kept as a vigil in honour of Yahweh by all Israelites, for all generations.

42. It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.

43. Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, 'This is the ritual for the Passover: no alien may eat it,

43. And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it;

44. but any slave bought for money may eat it, once you have circumcised him.

44. but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.

45. No stranger and no hired servant may eat it.

45. No sojourner or hired servant may eat of it.

46. It must be eaten in one house alone; you will not take any of the meat out of the house; nor may you break any of its bones.

46. In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh outside the house; and you shall not break a bone of it.

47. 'The whole community of Israel must keep it.

47. All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

48. Should a stranger residing with you wish to keep the Passover in honour of Yahweh, all the males of his household must be circumcised: he will then be allowed to keep it and will count as a citizen of the country. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.

48. And when a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

49. The same law will apply to the citizen and the stranger resident among you.'

49. There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you."

50. The Israelites all did as Yahweh had ordered Moses and Aaron,

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

51. and that same day Yahweh brought the Israelites out of Egypt in their armies.

51. And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.