Exodus 12:1-8
New King James Version
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.
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- Exodus 12:5 perfect or sound
- Exodus 12:5 a year old
Exodus 12:11-14
New King James Version
11 And thus you shall eat it: [a]with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. (A)It is the Lord’s Passover.
12 ‘For I (B)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 (C)against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: (D)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 (E)a memorial; and you shall keep it as a (F)feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast (G)by an everlasting ordinance.
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- Exodus 12:11 Made ready to travel
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