² God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.^{(A) 3} I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty,^[a](B) but by my name^(C) the Lord^[b](D) I did not make myself fully known to them. ⁴ I also established my covenant^(E) with them to give them the land^(F) of Canaan, where they resided as foreigners.^{(G) 5} Moreover, I have heard the groaning^(H) of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant.^(I)

⁶ “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.^(J) I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem^(K) you with an outstretched arm^(L) and with mighty acts of judgment.^{(M) 7} I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God.^(N) Then you will know^(O) that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. ⁸ And I will bring you to the land^(P) I swore^(Q) with uplifted hand^(R) to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.^(S) I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord.’”^(T)

⁹ Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.^(U)

⁵ The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,^(A) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. ⁶ Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,^(B) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.^{(C) 7} Then they are to take some of the blood^(D) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. ⁸ That same night^(E) they are to eat the meat roasted^(F) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,^(G) and bread made without yeast.^{(H) 9} Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.^{(I) 10} Do not leave any of it till morning;^(J) if some is left till morning, you must burn it. ¹¹ This 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;^(K) it is the Lord’s Passover.^(L)

¹² “On that same night I will pass through^(M) Egypt and strike down^(N) every firstborn^(O) of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods^(P) of Egypt. I am the Lord.^{(Q) 13} The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over^(R) you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.^(S)

¹⁰ As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried^(A) out to the Lord. ¹¹ They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?^(B) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? ¹² Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!”^(C)

¹³ Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid.^(D) Stand firm and you will see^(E) the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see^(F) again. ¹⁴ The Lord will fight^(G) for you; you need only to be still.”^(H)