Exodus
11-13:
And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon
Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he
shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. Speak
now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour,
and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians.
Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight
of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
And Moses said, Thus
saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn
of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the
maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as
there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against any
of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man
or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference
between the Egyptians and Israel. And all these thy servants shall come
down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and
all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he
went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. And the LORD said unto Moses,
Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in
the land of Egypt. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before
Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let
the children of Israel go out of his land.
And the LORD spake unto
Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto
you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to
you. 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: 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. Your lamb shall be without
blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep,
or from the goats: 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. 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. And they shall eat the flesh in that
night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they
shall eat it. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat
unleavened bread.
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. 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. 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. And ye shall observe this thing for an
ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 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. And it shall come to
pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this
service? 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. And the children of Israel went away, and did as
the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
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.
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. 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.
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and
bless me also. 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. And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their
kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
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: 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.
And the children of
Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on
foot that were men, beside children. And a mixed multitude went up also
with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 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. Now the
sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four
hundred and thirty years. 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. 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.
And the LORD said unto
Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no
stranger eat thereof: But every man's servant that is bought for money,
when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. A foreigner
and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 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. All the congregation of
Israel shall keep it. 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. One law
shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth
among you. Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses and Aaron, so did they. 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.
And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth
the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is
mine. And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye
came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of
hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened
bread be eaten. This day came ye out in the month Abib. And it shall be
when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he
sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey,
that thou shalt keep this service in this month. Seven days thou shalt
eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the
LORD. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no
leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen
with thee in all thy quarters. And thou shalt shew thy son in that day,
saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I
came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine
hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be
in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of
Egypt. Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year
to year.
And it shall be when the
LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto
thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, That thou shalt set
apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling
that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD'S.
And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou
wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the
firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. And it shall be
when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that
thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out
from Egypt, from the house of bondage: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh
would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land
of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast:
therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being
males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. And it shall be
for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for
by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
And it came to pass, when
Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of
the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest
peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to
Egypt: But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness
of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the
land of Egypt. And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had
straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit
you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. And they took
their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness. And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud,
to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them
light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud
by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Leviticus
23:4-8: These are the feasts of the
LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened
bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. In the
first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work
therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven
days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile
work therein.
Leviticus 23:10-14: Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land
which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall
bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: And he
shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the
morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. And ye shall offer
that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first
year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. And the meat offering thereof
shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering
made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering
thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. And ye shall eat
neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day
that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Numbers
9:10-11: Speak unto the children of
Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean
by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep
the passover unto the LORD. The fourteenth day of the second month at
even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter
herbs.
Numbers
28:16-25: And in the fourteenth day of the
first month is the passover of the LORD. And in the fifteenth day of
this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. In
the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of
servile work therein: But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a
burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven
lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: And
their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth
deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; A
several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven
lambs: And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. Ye
shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for
a continual burnt offering. After this manner ye shall offer daily,
throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a
sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual
burnt offering, and his drink offering. And on the seventh day ye shall
have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
Deuteronomy 16:1-8: Observe the month of
Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of
Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Thou
shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the
flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place
his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days
shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction;
for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou
mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt
all the days of thy life. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with
thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the
flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night
until the morning. Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of
thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the place which
the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt
sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the
season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. And thou shalt roast and eat
it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn
in the morning, and go unto thy tents. Six days thou shalt eat
unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to
the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.