Exodus:12

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asv @Exodus:12:1 @And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt , saying , asv @Exodus:12:2 @This month shall be unto you the beginning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you . asv @Exodus:12:3 @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 their fathers ' houses , a lamb for a household : asv @Exodus:12:4 @and if the household be too little for a lamb , then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls ; according to every man 's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb . asv @Exodus:12:5 @Your lamb shall be without blemish , a male a year old : ye shall take it from the sheep , or from the goats : asv @Exodus:12:6 @and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month ; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even . asv @Exodus:12:7 @And they shall take of the blood , and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel , upon the houses wherein they shall eat it . asv @Exodus:12:8 @And they shall eat the flesh in that night , roast with fire , and unleavened bread ; with bitter herbs they shall eat it . asv @Exodus:12:9 @Eat not of it raw , nor boiled at all with water , but roast with fire ; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof . asv @Exodus:12:10 @And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire . asv @Exodus:12:11 @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 Jehovah 's passover . asv @Exodus:12:12 @For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night , and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt , both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments : I am Jehovah . asv @Exodus:12:13 @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 there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you , when I smite the land of Egypt . asv @Exodus:12:14 @And this day shall be unto you for a memorial , and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah : throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever . asv @Exodus:12:15 @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 . asv @Exodus:12:16 @And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation , and in the seventh day a holy convocation ; no manner of work shall be done in them , save that which every man must eat , that only may be done by you . asv @Exodus:12:17 @And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever . asv @Exodus:12:18 @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 . asv @Exodus:12:19 @Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leavened , that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel , whether he be a sojourner , or one that is born in the land . asv @Exodus:12:20 @Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread . asv @Exodus:12:21 @Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel , and said unto them , Draw out , and take you lambs according to your families , and kill the passover . asv @Exodus:12:22 @And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop , and dip it in the blood that is in the basin , and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin ; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning . asv @Exodus:12:23 @For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel , and on the two side-posts , Jehovah will pass over the door , and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you . asv @Exodus:12:24 @And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever . asv @Exodus:12:25 @And it shall come to pass , when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you , according as he hath promised , that ye shall keep this service . asv @Exodus:12:26 @And it shall come to pass , when your children shall say unto you , What mean ye by this service ? asv @Exodus:12:27 @that ye shall say , It is the sacrifice of Jehovah '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 . asv @Exodus:12:28 @And the children of Israel went and did so ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron , so did they . asv @Exodus:12:29 @And it came to pass at midnight , that Jehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt , from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the first-born of cattle . asv @Exodus:12:30 @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 . asv @Exodus:12:31 @And he called for Moses and Aaron by night , and said , Rise up , get you forth from among my people , both ye and the children of Israel ; and go , serve Jehovah , as ye have said . asv @Exodus:12:32 @Take both your flocks and your herds , as ye have said , and be gone ; and bless me also . asv @Exodus:12:33 @And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people , to send them out of the land in haste ; for they said , We are all dead men . asv @Exodus:12:34 @And the people took their dough before it was leavened , their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders . asv @Exodus:12:35 @And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses ; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver , and jewels of gold , and raiment . asv @Exodus:12:36 @And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians , so that they let them have what they asked . And they despoiled the Egyptians . asv @Exodus:12:37 @And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth , about six hundred thousand on foot that were men , besides children . asv @Exodus:12:38 @And a mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks , and herds , even very much cattle . asv @Exodus:12:39 @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 victuals . asv @Exodus:12:40 @Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years . asv @Exodus:12:41 @And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years , even the selfsame day it came to pass , that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt . asv @Exodus:12:42 @It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : this is that night of Jehovah , to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations . asv @Exodus:12:43 @And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron , This is the ordinance of the passover : there shall no foreigner eat thereof ; asv @Exodus:12:44 @but every man 's servant that is bought for money , when thou hast circumcised him , then shall he eat thereof . asv @Exodus:12:45 @A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof . asv @Exodus:12:46 @In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof . asv @Exodus:12:47 @All the congregation of Israel shall keep it . asv @Exodus:12:48 @And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee , and will keep the passover to Jehovah , 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 : but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof . asv @Exodus:12:49 @One law shall be to him that is home-born , and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you . asv @Exodus:12:50 @Thus did all the children of Israel ; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron , so did they . asv @Exodus:12:51 @And it came to pass the selfsame day , that Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts .

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