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“‘You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, and then the entire assembly of the community of Isra’el will slaughter it at dusk. They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the two sides and top of the door-frame at the entrance of the house in which they eat it. That night, they are to eat the meat, roasted in the fire; they are to eat it with matzah and maror. Don’t eat it raw or boiled, but roasted in the fire, with its head, the lower parts of its legs and its inner organs. 10 Let nothing of it remain till morning; if any of it does remain, burn it up completely.

11 “‘Here is how you are to eat it: with your belt fastened, your shoes on your feet and your staff in your hand; and you are to eat it hurriedly. It is Adonai’s Pesach [Passover]. 12 For that night, I will pass through the land of Egypt and kill all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both men and animals; and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt; I am Adonai. 13 The blood will serve you as a sign marking the houses where you are; when I see the blood, I will pass over [a] you — when I strike the land of Egypt, the death blow will not strike you.

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  1. Exodus 12:13 Hebrew: pasach

Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(A) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.(B) Then they are to take some of the blood(C) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night(D) they are to eat the meat roasted(E) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,(F) and bread made without yeast.(G) Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.(H) 10 Do not leave any of it till morning;(I) 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;(J) it is the Lord’s Passover.(K)

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

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