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Exodus 12:14-30
New American Standard Bible
Exodus 12:14-30
New American Standard Bible
Feast of Unleavened Bread
14 ‘Now (A)this day shall be (B)a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as [a](C)a permanent ordinance. 15 For (D)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove dough with yeast from your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast from the first day until the seventh day, (E)that [b]person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And (F)on the first day you shall have a holy assembly, and another holy assembly on the seventh day; no work at all shall be done on them, except for what must be eaten by every person—that alone may be [c]prepared by you. 17 You shall also keep (G)the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this (H)very day I brought your [d]multitudes out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall keep this day throughout your generations as (I)a [e]permanent ordinance. 18 (J)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 (K)seven days there shall be no dough with yeast found in your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast, that [f](L)person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. 20 You shall not eat anything with yeast; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’”
21 Then (M)Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and (N)take for yourselves [g]lambs according to your families, and slaughter (O)the Passover lamb. 22 And (P)you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and [h]apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.
A Memorial of Redemption
23 For (Q)the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; but when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will (R)not allow the (S)destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. 24 And (T)you shall keep this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever. 25 When you enter the land which the Lord will give you, as He has [i]promised, you shall keep this [j]rite. 26 (U)And when your children say to you, ‘[k]What does this rite mean to you?’ 27 then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to (V)the Lord because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but [l]spared our homes.’” (W)And the people bowed low and worshiped.
28 Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
29 Now it came about at (X)midnight that (Y)the Lord struck all (Z)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 dungeon, and all the firstborn of (AA)cattle. 30 And Pharaoh got up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was (AB)a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead.
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- Exodus 12:14 Or an eternal
- Exodus 12:15 Lit soul
- Exodus 12:16 Lit done
- Exodus 12:17 Lit armies
- Exodus 12:17 Or eternal
- Exodus 12:19 Lit soul
- Exodus 12:21 Lit sheep
- Exodus 12:22 Lit cause to touch
- Exodus 12:25 Lit spoken
- Exodus 12:25 Lit service
- Exodus 12:26 Lit What is this service to you?
- Exodus 12:27 Lit delivered
Exodus 12:14-30
New International Version
Exodus 12:14-30
New International Version
14 “This is a day you are to commemorate;(A) for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.(B) 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast.(C) 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(D) from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work(E) 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,(F) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt.(G) Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(H) 18 In the first month(I) 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(J) or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off(K) from the community of Israel. 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live,(L) you must eat unleavened bread.”(M)
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(N) lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop,(O) dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood(P) 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(Q) down the Egyptians, he will see the blood(R) on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over(S) that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer(T) to enter your houses and strike you down.
24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance(U) for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land(V) that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children(W) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(X) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(Y) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(Z) 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(AA) Moses and Aaron.
29 At midnight(AB) the Lord(AC) struck down all the firstborn(AD) 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(AE) as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(AF) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
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