1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt , saying , 2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3Speak 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 : 4And 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 . 5Your lamb shall be without blemish , a male of the first year : ye shall take it out from the sheep , or from the goats : 6And 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 . 7And 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. 8And they shall eat the flesh in that night , roast with fire , and unleavened bread ; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9Eat not of it raw , nor sodden at all with water , but roast with fire ; his head with his legs , and with the purtenance thereof. 10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire . 11And 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 . 12For 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 . 13And 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 .
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
14And 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 . 15Seven 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 . 16And 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. 17And 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 . 18In 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 . 19Seven 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 . 20Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread .
Consecration of the Firstborn
21Then 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 . 22And 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 . 23For 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 . 24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever . 25And 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 . 26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service ? 27That 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 . 28And the children of Israel went away , and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron , so did they. 29And 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 . 30And 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 .
Moses and Aaron's Instructions
31And 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 . 32Also take your flocks and your herds , as ye have said , and be gone ; and bless me also. 33And 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 . 34And the people took their dough before it was leavened , their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders . 35And 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 : 36And 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 . 37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth , about six hundred thousand on foot that were men , beside children . 38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks , and herds , even very much cattle . 39And 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 . 40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel , who dwelt in Egypt , was four hundred and thirty years . 41And 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 . 42It 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 .
The Exodus Begins
43And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron , This is the ordinance of the passover : There shall no stranger eat thereof: 44But every man’s servant that is bought for money , when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46In 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. 47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48And 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. 49One law shall be to him that is homeborn , and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron , so did they. 51And 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 .