| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 1Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, | 1While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the LORD gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron: |
| 2"This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. | 2“From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you. |
| 3"Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers' households, a lamb for each household. | 3Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household. |
| 4Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb. | 4If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat. |
| 5'Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. | 5The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects. |
| 6'You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. | 6“Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight. |
| 7'Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. | 7They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal. |
| 8They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. | 8That same night they must roast the meat over a fire and eat it along with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast. |
| 9Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails. | 9Do not eat any of the meat raw or boiled in water. The whole animal—including the head, legs, and internal organs—must be roasted over a fire. |
| 10'And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire. | 10Do not leave any of it until the next morning. Burn whatever is not eaten before morning. |
| 11Now you shall eat it in this manner: with 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. | 11“These are your instructions for eating this meal: Be fully dressed, wear your sandals, and carry your walking stick in your hand. Eat the meal with urgency, for this is the LORD’s Passover. |
| 12'For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments-- I am the LORD. | 12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of Egypt. I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt, for I am the LORD! |
| 13The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. | 13But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt. |
| 14Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance. | 14“This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the LORD. This is a law for all time. |
| 15'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. | 15For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival, remove every trace of yeast from your homes. Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Israel. |
| 16On the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except what must be eaten by every person, that alone may be prepared by you. | 16On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food. |
| 17You shall also 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 a permanent ordinance. | 17“Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of Egypt on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this day from generation to generation. |
| 18In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. | 18The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of that month. |
| 19Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. | 19During those seven days, there must be no trace of yeast in your homes. Anyone who eats anything made with yeast during this week will be cut off from the community of Israel. These regulations apply both to the foreigners living among you and to the native-born Israelites. |
| 20'You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'" | 20During those days you must not eat anything made with yeast. Wherever you live, eat only bread made without yeast.” |
| 21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb. | 21Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, “Go, pick out a lamb or young goat for each of your families, and slaughter the Passover animal. |
| 22"You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning. | 22Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning. |
| 23"For the LORD will pass through to smite 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 come in to your houses to smite you. | 23For the LORD will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the LORD will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down. |
| 24"And you shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever. | 24“Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever. |
| 25"When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite. | 25When you enter the land the LORD has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony. |
| 26"And when your children say to you, 'What does this rite mean to you?' | 26Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’ |
| 27you shall say, 'It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our homes.'" And the people bowed low and worshiped. | 27And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped. |
| 28Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. | 28So the people of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded through Moses and Aaron. |
| 29Now it came about at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. | 29And that night at midnight, the LORD struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed. |
| 30Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. | 30Pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land of Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died. Israel’s Exodus from Egypt |
| 31Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the LORD, as you have said. | 31Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested. |
| 32"Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also." | 32Take your flocks and herds, as you said, and be gone. Go, but bless me as you leave.” |
| 33The Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We will all be dead." | 33All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!” |
| 34So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders. | 34The Israelites took their bread dough before yeast was added. They wrapped their kneading boards in their cloaks and carried them on their shoulders. |
| 35Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; | 35And the people of Israel did as Moses had instructed; they asked the Egyptians for clothing and articles of silver and gold. |
| 36and the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. | 36The LORD caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for. So they stripped the Egyptians of their wealth! |
| 37Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. | 37That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children. |
| 38A mixed multitude also went up with them, along with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock. | 38A rabble of non-Israelites went with them, along with great flocks and herds of livestock. |
| 39They baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. | 39For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of Egypt in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food. |
| 40Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. | 40The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years. |
| 41And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. | 41In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the LORD’s forces left the land. |
| 42It is a night to be observed for the LORD for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for the LORD, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations. | 42On this night the LORD kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation. Instructions for the Passover |
| 43The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it; | 43Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the instructions for the festival of Passover. No outsiders are allowed to eat the Passover meal. |
| 44but every man's slave purchased with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it. | 44But any slave who has been purchased may eat it if he has been circumcised. |
| 45"A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of it. | 45Temporary residents and hired servants may not eat it. |
| 46"It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it. | 46Each Passover lamb must be eaten in one house. Do not carry any of its meat outside, and do not break any of its bones. |
| 47"All the congregation of Israel are to celebrate this. | 47The whole community of Israel must celebrate this Passover festival. |
| 48"But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. | 48“If there are foreigners living among you who want to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, let all their males be circumcised. Only then may they celebrate the Passover with you like any native-born Israelite. But no uncircumcised male may ever eat the Passover meal. |
| 49"The same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you." | 49This instruction applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among you.” |
| 50Then all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron. | 50So all the people of Israel followed all the LORD’s commands to Moses and Aaron. |
| 51And on that same day the LORD brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. | 51On that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army. |
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