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Exodus 12
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The Passover Instituted(A)

12 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 (B)“This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the (C)tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. 4 And 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. 5 Your lamb shall be (D)without[a] blemish, a male [b]of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 Now you shall keep it until the (E)fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. 7 And 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. 8 Then they shall eat the flesh on that (F)night; (G)roasted in fire, with (H)unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but (I)roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails. 10 (J)You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire. 11 And thus you shall eat it: [c]with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. (K)It is the Lord’s Passover.

12 ‘For I (L)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 (M)against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: (N)I am the Lord. 13 Now 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.

14 ‘So this day shall be to you (O)a memorial; and you shall keep it as a (P)feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast (Q)by an everlasting ordinance. 15 (R)Seven 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, (S)that [d]person shall be [e]cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day there shall be (T)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. 17 So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for (U)on this same day I will have brought your [f]armies (V)out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance. 18 (W)In 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. 19 For (X)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. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”

21 Then (Y)Moses called for all the (Z)elders of Israel and said to them, (AA)“Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 (AB)And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and (AC)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. 23 (AD)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the (AE)blood on the [g]lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (AF)not allow (AG)the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. 24 And you shall (AH)observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. 25 It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, (AI)just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 (AJ)And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 that you shall say, (AK)‘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 (AL)bowed their heads and worshiped. 28 Then the children of Israel went away and (AM)did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn(AN)

29 (AO)And it came to pass at midnight that (AP)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 [h]in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of (AQ)livestock. 30 So 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.

The Exodus

31 Then he (AR)called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, (AS)both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have (AT)said. 32 (AU)Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”

33 (AV)And the Egyptians (AW)urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. 35 Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians (AX)articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. 36 (AY)And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus (AZ)they plundered the Egyptians.

37 Then (BA)the children of Israel journeyed from (BB)Rameses to Succoth, about (BC)six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. 38 A (BD)mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of (BE)livestock. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because (BF)they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.

40 Now the [i]sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in [j]Egypt was (BG)four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that (BH)all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is (BI)a [k]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.

Passover Regulations(BJ)

43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is (BK)the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. 44 But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have (BL)circumcised him, then he may eat it. 45 (BM)A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. 46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, (BN)nor shall you break one of its bones. 47 (BO)All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And (BP)when a stranger [l]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. 49 (BQ)One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.”

50 Thus all the children of Israel did; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. 51 (BR)And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the Lord brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt (BS)according to their armies.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:5 perfect or sound
  2. Exodus 12:5 a year old
  3. Exodus 12:11 Made ready to travel
  4. Exodus 12:15 soul
  5. Exodus 12:15 Put to death
  6. Exodus 12:17 hosts
  7. Exodus 12:23 Crosspiece at top of door
  8. Exodus 12:29 in prison
  9. Exodus 12:40 Length of the stay
  10. Exodus 12:40 Sam., LXX Egypt and Canaan
  11. Exodus 12:42 night of vigil
  12. Exodus 12:48 As a resident alien
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Exodul 12
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Mielul pascal şi azimile

12 Domnul le-a zis lui Moise şi lui Aaron în ţara Egiptului: 2 „Această lună va marca începutul lunilor; ea va fi pentru voi prima lună din an. 3 Spune întregii adunări a lui Israel ca, în ziua a zecea a acestei luni, să ia un miel[a] pentru fiecare familie, un miel pentru fiecare casă. 4 Dacă o familie este prea mică pentru un miel, ei vor trebui să-l împartă cu vecinul lor cel mai apropiat, după numărul persoanelor, iar mielul să fie împărţit după cât mănâncă fiecare om. 5 Mielul vostru să aibă un an şi să nu aibă meteahnă. Puteţi lua un miel sau un ied. 6 Să-l ţineţi până în ziua a paisprezecea a lunii, apoi întreaga adunare să-l înjunghie între cele două seri[b]. 7 Să ia din sângele lui şi să ungă cei doi uşori şi pragul de sus al caselor în care vor mânca. 8 Să mănânce mielul în aceeaşi noapte; să-l mănânce fript la foc, cu azime şi cu ierburi amare. 9 Să nu-l mâncaţi crud sau fiert în apă, ci fript la foc – capul, picioarele şi măruntaiele. 10 Să nu lăsaţi nimic din el până dimineaţă;[c] orice va rămâne din el până dimineaţa să fie ars. 11 Când îl veţi mânca să aveţi mijlocul încins, sandalele în picioare şi toiagul în mână. Să-l mâncaţi în grabă căci este mielul de Paşte al Domnului. 12 Pentru că în noaptea aceea, Eu voi trece prin ţara Egiptului şi voi lua viaţa tuturor întâilor născuţi din ţara Egiptului, atât ai oamenilor, cât şi ai animalelor şi îi voi judeca pe toţi zeii Egiptului. Eu sunt Domnul. 13 Sângele de pe casele în care locuiţi va fi un semn pentru voi: când voi vedea sângele, voi trece pe lângă voi şi urgia nu vă va distruge atunci când voi lovi ţara Egiptului. 14 Această zi va fi pentru voi o zi de aducere-aminte: să o comemoraţi ca pe o sărbătoare pentru Domnul; să o comemoraţi de-a lungul generaţiilor ca pe o sărbătoare dată printr-o poruncă veşnică. 15 Timp de şapte zile să mâncaţi azime. Chiar din prima zi să scoateţi aluatul din casele voastre, pentru că oricine mănâncă pâine dospită din prima până în a şaptea zi va fi nimicit din Israel. 16 În prima zi să aveţi o adunare sfântă; în ziua a şaptea să aveţi, de asemenea, o adunare sfântă. Să nu faceţi nici o muncă în zilele acelea; doar ceea ce trebuie să mănânce fiecare, aceea să fie pregătit de voi. 17 Să ţineţi Sărbătoarea Azimelor, pentru că în aceeaşi zi am scos oştirile voastre din ţara Egiptului. Să ţineţi această zi în toate generaţiile, ca o poruncă veşnică. 18 În prima lună, din seara celei de-a paisprezecea zi până în seara celei de-a douăzeci şi una zi, să mâncaţi azime. 19 Timp de şapte zile să nu fie aluat în casele voastre, pentru că oricine mănâncă ce este dospit va fi nimicit din adunarea lui Israel, fie că este străin, fie că este băştinaş. 20 Să nu mâncaţi nimic dospit; numai azime să se mănânce în toate locuinţele voastre.“

21 Moise a convocat sfatul bătrânilor lui Israel şi le-a zis: „Duceţi-vă să vă alegeţi miei pentru clanurile voastre şi înjunghiaţi mielul de Paşte. 22 Luaţi un mănunchi de isop, înmuiaţi-l în sângele dintr-un vas şi ungeţi cu el pragul de sus şi cei doi uşori ai casei voastre. Nimeni să nu iasă în afara uşii casei până dimineaţa, 23 pentru că Domnul va trece să-i lovească pe egipteni. Când va vedea sângele pe pragul de sus şi pe cei doi uşori, Domnul va trece pe lângă acea uşă şi nu va lăsa pe nimicitorul să intre în casele voastre şi să vă ia viaţa. 24 Să ţineţi acest lucru ca pe o poruncă veşnică pentru voi şi pentru copiii voştri. 25 Când veţi ajunge în ţara pe care Domnul v-o va da, aşa cum a promis, să păziţi această poruncă. 26 Când copiii voştri vă vor întreba: «Ce înseamnă acest lucru?», 27 voi să le răspundeţi: «Este jertfa de Paşte în cinstea Domnului, pentru că El a trecut pe lângă[d] casele noastre în Egipt, atunci când i-a lovit pe egipteni şi a scăpat familiile noastre.»“ Poporul s-a plecat la pământ şi s-a închinat. 28 Apoi israeliţii au plecat şi au făcut aşa cum le-a poruncit Domnul lui Moise şi lui Aaron.

Moartea întâilor născuţi şi ieşirea din Egipt

29 La miezul nopţii Domnul a lovit toţi întâii născuţi din ţara Egiptului, de la întâiul născut al lui Faraon, care stătea pe tronul său, până la întâiul născut al prizonierului, care era în temniţă, şi întâiul născut al tuturor vitelor. 30 Când Faraon, slujitorii săi şi toţi egiptenii s-au sculat noaptea, au fost mari ţipete în Egipt, pentru că nu era casă unde să nu fie cineva mort. 31 În aceeaşi noapte, el i-a chemat pe Moise şi pe Aaron şi le­a zis: „Plecaţi! Ieşiţi în grabă din mijlocul poporului meu, voi şi toţi israeliţii. Duceţi-vă şi închinaţi-vă Domnului, aşa cum aţi zis. 32 Luaţi-vă turmele şi cirezile, aşa cum aţi cerut, plecaţi şi binecuvântaţi­mă.“

33 Egiptenii zoreau poporul ca să-l scoată cât mai repede afară din ţară, căci îşi ziceau: „Vom muri cu toţii!“ 34 Poporul şi-a luat aluatul înainte ca el să dospească, împreună cu vasele de frământat. Le-au înfăşurat în haine şi le-au pus pe umeri. 35 Israeliţii au făcut aşa cum le-a spus Moise; au cerut egiptenilor lucruri de argint şi de aur, precum şi îmbrăcăminte. 36 Domnul a făcut ca poporul să găsească bunăvoinţă la egipteni şi aceştia le-au dat ce-au cerut. Şi astfel i-au prădat pe egipteni. 37 Israeliţii au călătorit pe jos, din Ramses spre Sucot; ei erau în jur de şase sute de mii de bărbaţi care mergeau pe jos, în afară de copii[e]. 38 O mulţime amestecată de oameni a plecat împreună cu ei, precum şi foarte multe cirezi de vite şi turme de oi. 39 Au făcut turte din aluatul nedospit pe care l-au adus din Egipt; aluatul nu era dospit, pentru că atunci când au fost izgoniţi n-au mai avut timp să-şi ia provizii.

40 Israeliţii au stat în Egipt[f] patru sute treizeci de ani. 41 La sfârşitul celor patru sute treizeci de ani, chiar în ziua aceea, toate oştirile Domnului au ieşit din ţara Egiptului. 42 Pentru că, în noaptea aceea, Domnul a vegheat ca să-i scoată din ţara Egiptului, toţi israeliţii şi toţi urmaşii lor trebuie să ţină aceeaşi noapte de veghe în cinstea Domnului.

Porunci privind Paştele

43 Domnul le-a zis lui Moise şi lui Aaron: „Aceasta este porunca cu privire la Paşte: nici un străin să nu mănânce mielul de Paşte, 44 dar orice sclav cumpărat poate mânca din el după ce a fost circumcis; 45 peregrinul sau slujitorul plătit să nu mănânce. 46 Să fie mâncat într-o singură casă; să nu scoateţi carnea afară din casă şi să nu-i zdrobiţi nici unul din oase. 47 Paştele să fie ţinut de întreaga adunare a lui Israel. 48 Dacă vreun străin care locuieşte la tine va dori să sărbătorească Paştele Domnului, toţi bărbaţii din familia lui să fie circumcişi; doar după aceea se poate apropia să sărbătorească. El va fi privit ca un băştinaş. Nici unul care este necircumcis să nu mănânce. 49 Va fi o singură lege atât pentru băştinaş, cât şi pentru străinul care locuieşte în mijlocul vostru.“ 50 Toţi israeliţii au făcut aşa cum le poruncise Domnul lui Moise şi lui Aaron. 51 În ziua aceea Domnul i-a scos pe israeliţi din ţara Egiptului, după oştirile lor.

Footnotes

  1. Exodul 12:3 Termenul ebraic poate desemna şi un ied (vezi v. 5)
  2. Exodul 12:6 Între amurg şi întunericul propriu-zis al nopţii; mai târziu, rabinii evrei susţineau că „prima seară” era momentul când căldura soarelui începea să scadă în intensitate, iar a doua seară începea cu amurgul (probabil undeva între orele 3-5 P.M.). În Mişna există un tratat în care se spune că mielul trebuie jertfit în jurul orei 2:30 P.M
  3. Exodul 12:10 TM; LXX adaugă: şi nici un os să nu i-l zdrobiţi (vezi şi v. 46)
  4. Exodul 12:27 Paşte (ebr.: pesah) vine de la ebraicul pasah (a trece/sări peste)
  5. Exodul 12:37 Sau: în afară de femei şi copii
  6. Exodul 12:40 TM; PentSam: în Canaan şi în Egipt; LXX: în Egipt şi în Canaan
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The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(A)

12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month,(B) the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a](C) for his family, one for each household.(D) 4 If 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. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(E) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(F) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.(G) 7 Then they are to take some of the blood(H) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night(I) they are to eat the meat roasted(J) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,(K) and bread made without yeast.(L) 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.(M) 10 Do not leave any of it till morning;(N) 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;(O) it is the Lord’s Passover.(P)

12 “On that same night I will pass through(Q) Egypt and strike down(R) every firstborn(S) of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods(T) of Egypt. I am the Lord.(U) 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(V) you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.(W)

14 “This is a day you are to commemorate;(X) for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.(Y) 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast.(Z) 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(AA) from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work(AB) at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.

17 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt.(AD) Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(AE) 18 In the first month(AF) you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19 For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner(AG) or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off(AH) from the community of Israel. 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live,(AI) you must eat unleavened bread.”(AJ)

21 Then 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(AK) lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop,(AL) dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood(AM) on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike(AN) down the Egyptians, he will see the blood(AO) on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over(AP) that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer(AQ) to enter your houses and strike you down.

24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance(AR) for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land(AS) that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children(AT) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(AU) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(AV) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(AW) 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(AX) Moses and Aaron.

29 At midnight(AY) the Lord(AZ) struck down all the firstborn(BA) 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(BB) as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(BC) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

The Exodus

31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship(BD) the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds,(BE) as you have said, and go. And also bless(BF) me.”

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry(BG) and leave(BH) the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”(BI) 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs(BJ) wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold(BK) and for clothing.(BL) 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed(BM) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered(BN) the Egyptians.

37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(BO) to Sukkoth.(BP) There were about six hundred thousand men(BQ) on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people(BR) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 With 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(BS) of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[b] was 430 years.(BT) 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions(BU) left Egypt.(BV) 42 Because 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.(BW)

Passover Restrictions

43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal:(BX)

“No foreigner(BY) may eat it. 44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(BZ) him, 45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker(CA) may not eat it.

46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.(CB) 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate 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.(CC) No uncircumcised(CD) male may eat it. 49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner(CE) residing among you.”

50 All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded(CF) Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt(CG) by their divisions.(CH)

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:3 The Hebrew word can mean lamb or kid; also in verse 4.
  2. Exodus 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan
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