² and ^(A)that you may recount in the ^[a]hearing of your son and of your grandson, how I dealt severely with the Egyptians, and how I ^[b]put My signs among them, ^(B)that you may know that I am Yahweh.”

^26 (A)And it will be when your children say to you, ‘^[a]What is the meaning of this new slavery to you?’ ²⁷ that you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to ^(B)Yahweh who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but delivered our homes.’” ^(C)And the people bowed low and worshiped.

²⁸ Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

Death of the Firstborn of Egypt

²⁹ Now it happened at ^(D)midnight that ^(E)Yahweh struck all ^(F)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 in the ^[b]dungeon, and all the firstborn of ^(G)cattle. ³⁰ Then Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was ^(H)a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. ³¹ Then ^(I)he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, ^(J)get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, ^[c]serve Yahweh, as you have spoken. ³² Take ^(K)both your flocks and your herds, as you have spoken, and go, and bless me also.”

Israel Goes Out from Egypt

^33 (L)And the Egyptians strongly pressed the people to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We will all be dead.” ³⁴ So the people took up ^(M)their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.

^35 (N)Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses—they had asked from the Egyptians for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; ³⁶ and Yahweh had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they ^(O)plundered the Egyptians.

³⁷ And the ^(P)sons of Israel journeyed from ^(Q)Rameses to Succoth, about ^(R)six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from the little ones. ³⁸ A ^[d](S)foreign multitude also went up with them, ^[e]along with flocks and herds, a ^(T)very ^[f]large number of livestock. ³⁹ And they baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were ^(U)driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they ^[g]prepared any provisions for themselves.

⁴⁰ Now the time ^[h]that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was ^(V)430 years. ⁴¹ And it happened at the end of 430 years, ^[i]to ^(W)the very day, that ^(X)all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt. ^42 (Y)It is a night to be kept for Yahweh for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for Yahweh, to be kept ^[j]by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

The Statute of the Passover

⁴³ And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of ^(Z)the Passover: no ^[k](AA)foreigner shall eat of it; ⁴⁴ but every man’s ^(AB)slave purchased with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it. ^45 (AC)A foreign resident or a hired person shall not eat of it. ⁴⁶ It shall be eaten in a single house; you shall not bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, ^(AD)and you shall not break any bone of it. ^47 (AE)All the congregation of Israel shall ^[l]celebrate this. ⁴⁸ But ^(AF)if a sojourner sojourns with you and ^[m]celebrates the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to ^[n]celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. ^49 [o](AG)The same law shall ^[p]apply to the native as to the sojourner who sojourns among you.”

⁵⁰ So all the sons of Israel did; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, thus they did. ⁵¹ And on that same day ^(AH)Yahweh brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt ^[q](AI)by their hosts.

^14 (A)And it will be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘^(B)With a strong hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt, from the house of ^[a]slavery.

Rise Up, Be Our Help

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A ^[a]Maskil.