Exodus 12
1 And the
LORD spake unto
Moses and
Aaron in the
land of
Egypt, saying,
2 This
month shall be unto you the
beginning of
months: it shall be the
first month of the
year to you.
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: 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. 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: 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. 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.
8 And they shall
eat the
flesh in that
night, roast with
fire, and unleavened
bread; and with
bitter herbs they shall
eat it.
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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 20 Ye shall
eat nothing
leavened; in all your
habitations shall ye
eat unleavened
bread. 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. 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. 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.
24 And ye shall
observe this
thing for an
ordinance to thee and to thy
sons for ever. 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. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your
children shall
say unto you, What mean ye by this
service? 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.
28 And the
children of
Israel went
away, and
did as the
LORD had
commanded Moses and
Aaron, so
did they.
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. 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.
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.
32 Also
take your
flocks and your
herds, as ye have
said, and be
gone; and
bless me also.
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.
34 And the
people took their
dough before it was
leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound
up in their
clothes upon their
shoulders. 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: 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. 37 And the
children of
Israel journeyed from
Rameses to
Succoth, about
six hundred thousand on
foot that were
men, beside children. 38 And a
mixed multitude went
up also with them; and
flocks, and
herds, even
very much cattle. 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. 40 Now the
sojourning of the
children of
Israel, who
dwelt in
Egypt, was
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. 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. 43 And the
LORD said unto
Moses and
Aaron, This is the
ordinance of the
passover: There shall no
stranger eat thereof:
44 But every
man's servant that is
bought for
money, when thou hast
circumcised him, then shall he
eat thereof.
45 A
foreigner and an hired
servant shall not
eat thereof.
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.
47 All the
congregation of
Israel shall
keep it.
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.
49 One law shall be to him that is
homeborn, and unto the
stranger that
sojourneth among you.
50 Thus
did all the
children of
Israel; as the
LORD commanded Moses and
Aaron, so
did they.
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.