| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 1Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, | 1The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, |
| 2“This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. | 2"This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. |
| 3Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. | 3Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. |
| 4And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb. | 4If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. |
| 5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. | 5The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. |
| 6Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. | 6Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. |
| 7And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. | 7Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. |
| 8Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. | 8That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. |
| 9Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails. | 9Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire--with the head, legs and internal organs. |
| 10You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire. | 10Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. |
| 11And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover. | 11This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover. |
| 12‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike 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. | 12"On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. |
| 13Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. | 13The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. |
| 14‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance. | 14"This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD--a lasting ordinance. |
| 15Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. | 15For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. |
| 16On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you. | 16On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do. |
| 17So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance. | 17"Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. |
| 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. | 18In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. |
| 19For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. | 19For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. |
| 20You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ” | 20Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread." |
| 21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. | 21Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. |
| 22And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. | 22Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. |
| 23For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. | 23When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. |
| 24And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. | 24"Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. |
| 25It will come to pass when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. | 25When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. |
| 26And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ | 26And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' |
| 27that you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people bowed their heads and worshiped. | 27then tell them, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped. |
| 28Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. | 28The Israelites did just what the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron. |
| 29And it came to pass 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 livestock. | 29At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. |
| 30So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, 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. | 30Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. |
| 31Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the LORD as you have said. | 31During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested. |
| 32Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.” | 32Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me." |
| 33And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” | 33The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. "For otherwise," they said, "we will all die!" |
| 34So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. | 34So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing. |
| 35Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. | 35The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing. |
| 36And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. | 36The LORD had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians. |
| 37Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. | 37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. |
| 38A mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of livestock. | 38Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. |
| 39And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves. | 39With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves. |
| 40Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. | 40Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. |
| 41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that all the armies of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. | 41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD's divisions left Egypt. |
| 42It is a night of solemn observance to the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations. | 42Because the LORD kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the LORD for the generations to come. |
| 43And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. | 43The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover meal: "No foreigner may eat it. |
| 44But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it. | 44Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him, |
| 45A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. | 45but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it. |
| 46In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones. | 46"It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. |
| 47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. | 47The whole community of Israel must celebrate it. |
| 48And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to 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 a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. | 48"A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the LORD's Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it. |
| 49One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.” | 49The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you." |
| 50Thus all the children of Israel did; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. | 50All the Israelites did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron. |
| 51And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt according to their armies. | 51And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions. |
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