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Exodus 12

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¹ Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, "Get up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites; and go, serve the LORD, as you said.

² Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and [ask your God to] bless me also."

³ The Egyptians [anxiously] urged the people [to leave], to send them out of the land quickly, for they said, "We will all be dead."

⁴ So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.

⁵ Now the Israelites had acted in accordance with the word of Moses; and they had asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing.

⁶ The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave them what they asked. And so they plundered the Egyptians [of those things].

⁷ Now the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides [the women and] the children.

⁸ A mixed multitude [of non-Israelites from foreign nations] also went with them, along with both flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.

⁹ And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt; it was not leavened, since they were driven [quickly] from Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any food for themselves.

¹⁰ Now the period of time the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

¹¹ At the end of the four hundred and thirty years, to that very day, all the hosts of the LORD [gathered into tribal armies] left the land of Egypt.

¹² It is a night of watching to be observed for the LORD for having brought them out of the land of Egypt; this [same] night is for the LORD, to be observed and celebrated by all the Israelites throughout their generations.

¹³ The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no[8] foreigner is to eat it;

¹⁴ but every man's slave who is bought with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

¹⁵ No stranger (temporary resident, foreigner) or hired servant shall eat it.

¹⁶ It is to be eaten inside one house; you shall not take any of the meat outside the house, nor shall you break any of its bones.

¹⁷ The entire congregation of Israel shall keep and celebrate it.

¹⁸ If a stranger living temporarily among you wishes to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may participate and celebrate it like one that is born in the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.

¹⁹ The same law shall apply to the native-born and to the stranger who lives temporarily among you."

²⁰ Then all the Israelites did so; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

²¹ And on that very same day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their hosts (tribal armies).

²² The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

²³ Sanctify to Me [that is, set apart for My purpose] every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal; it is Mine.

²⁴ Moses said to the people, "Remember [solemnly observe and commemorate] this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage and slavery; for by a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought you out of this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

²⁵ On this day in the month Abib, you are about to go onward.

²⁶ And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land [of abundance][1] flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep and observe this rite (service) in this month.

²⁷ For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

²⁸ Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, nor shall there be leaven within the borders of your territory.

²⁹ You shall explain this to your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

³⁰ It shall serve as a sign to you on your hand (arm), and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the instruction (law) of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

³¹ Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at this time from year to year.

³² "Now it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,

³³ you shall set apart and dedicate to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock shall be the Lord's.

³⁴ Every firstborn of a[2] donkey you shall redeem by [substituting] a lamb [as a sacrifice for it], but if you do not [wish to] redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn among your sons you shall redeem [that is, "buy back" from God with a suitable sacrifice].

³⁵ And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'With a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage and slavery.

³⁶ For it happened, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animal. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD all the males, the first [to be born] of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.'

³⁷ So it shall serve as a sign and a reminder on your [left] hand (arm) and as[3] frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."

³⁸ So it happened, when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearer; for God said, "The people might change their minds when they see war [that is, that there will be war], and return to Egypt."

³⁹ But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the[4] Red Sea; the sons of Israel went up in battle array (orderly ranks, marching formation) out of the land of Egypt.

⁴⁰ Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had solemnly ordered (placed under an oath) the Israelites, saying, "God will assuredly take care of you, and you must carry my bones away from here with you."

⁴¹ They journeyed from Succoth [in Goshen] and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

⁴² The [presence of the] LORD was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.

⁴³ He did not withdraw the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from going before the people.

⁴⁴ Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁵ Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.' I will harden (make stubborn, defiant) Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will be glorified and honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians shall know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I am the LORD. And they did so.

⁴⁶ When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, "What is this that we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us!"

⁴⁷ So Pharaoh harnessed horses to his war-chariots [for battle] and took his[1] army with him;

⁴⁸ and he took six hundred chosen war-chariots, and all the other war-chariots of Egypt with[2] fighting charioteers over all of them.

⁴⁹ The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, as they were leaving confidently and defiantly.

⁵⁰ The Egyptians chased them with all the horses and war-chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them as they camped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

⁵¹ As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were very frightened; so the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

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1	Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, "Get up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites; and go, serve the LORD, as you said.
2	Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and [ask your God to] bless me also."
3	The Egyptians [anxiously] urged the people [to leave], to send them out of the land quickly, for they said, "We will all be dead."
4	So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
5	Now the Israelites had acted in accordance with the word of Moses; and they had asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing.
6	The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave them what they asked. And so they plundered the Egyptians [of those things].
7	Now the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides [the women and] the children.
8	A mixed multitude [of non-Israelites from foreign nations] also went with them, along with both flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock.
9	And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt; it was not leavened, since they were driven [quickly] from Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any food for themselves.
10	Now the period of time the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.
11	At the end of the four hundred and thirty years, to that very day, all the hosts of the LORD [gathered into tribal armies] left the land of Egypt.
12	It is a night of watching to be observed for the LORD for having brought them out of the land of Egypt; this [same] night is for the LORD, to be observed and celebrated by all the Israelites throughout their generations.
13	The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no[8] foreigner is to eat it;
14	but every man's slave who is bought with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.
15	No stranger (temporary resident, foreigner) or hired servant shall eat it.
16	It is to be eaten inside one house; you shall not take any of the meat outside the house, nor shall you break any of its bones.
17	The entire congregation of Israel shall keep and celebrate it.
18	If a stranger living temporarily among you wishes to celebrate the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may participate and celebrate it like one that is born in the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.
19	The same law shall apply to the native-born and to the stranger who lives temporarily among you."
20	Then all the Israelites did so; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
21	And on that very same day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their hosts (tribal armies).
22	The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
23	Sanctify to Me [that is, set apart for My purpose] every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal; it is Mine.
24	Moses said to the people, "Remember [solemnly observe and commemorate] this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage and slavery; for by a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought you out of this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
25	On this day in the month Abib, you are about to go onward.
26	And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land [of abundance][1] flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep and observe this rite (service) in this month.
27	For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
28	Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, nor shall there be leaven within the borders of your territory.
29	You shall explain this to your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
30	It shall serve as a sign to you on your hand (arm), and as a reminder on your forehead, so that the instruction (law) of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
31	Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at this time from year to year.
32	"Now it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,
33	you shall set apart and dedicate to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock shall be the Lord's.
34	Every firstborn of a[2] donkey you shall redeem by [substituting] a lamb [as a sacrifice for it], but if you do not [wish to] redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn among your sons you shall redeem [that is, "buy back" from God with a suitable sacrifice].
35	And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'With a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage and slavery.
36	For it happened, when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, that the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animal. Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD all the males, the first [to be born] of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
37	So it shall serve as a sign and a reminder on your [left] hand (arm) and as[3] frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong and powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."
38	So it happened, when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearer; for God said, "The people might change their minds when they see war [that is, that there will be war], and return to Egypt."
39	But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the[4] Red Sea; the sons of Israel went up in battle array (orderly ranks, marching formation) out of the land of Egypt.
40	Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had solemnly ordered (placed under an oath) the Israelites, saying, "God will assuredly take care of you, and you must carry my bones away from here with you."
41	They journeyed from Succoth [in Goshen] and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.
42	The [presence of the] LORD was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.
43	He did not withdraw the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from going before the people.
44	Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
45	Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.' I will harden (make stubborn, defiant) Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will be glorified and honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians shall know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I am the LORD. And they did so.
46	When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, "What is this that we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us!"
47	So Pharaoh harnessed horses to his war-chariots [for battle] and took his[1] army with him;
48	and he took six hundred chosen war-chariots, and all the other war-chariots of Egypt with[2] fighting charioteers over all of them.
49	The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, as they were leaving confidently and defiantly.
50	The Egyptians chased them with all the horses and war-chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them as they camped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
51	As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were very frightened; so the Israelites cried out to the LORD.

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