Exodus 12:25-36

English Standard Version

²⁵ And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, ^(A)as he has promised, you shall keep this service. ²⁶ And ^(B)when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ ²⁷ you shall say, ^(C)‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people ^(D)bowed their heads and worshiped.

²⁸ Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

^29 (E)At midnight the ^(F)Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, ^(G)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 the livestock. ³⁰ And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was ^(H)a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. ³¹ Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, ^(I)both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. ^32 (J)Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”

The Exodus

^33 (K)The Egyptians were urgent with the people to 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, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. ³⁵ The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had ^(L)asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. ^36 (M)And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that ^(N)they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.