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^(A) lamb.

Passover Restrictions

⁴³ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal:^(A)

“No foreigner^(B) may eat it.

¹⁰ “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body^(A) or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate^(B) the Lord’s Passover, ¹¹ but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month^(C) at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.^{(D) 12} They must not leave any of it till morning^(E) or break any of its bones.^(F) When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.^(G)

² Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.^(A)

⁵ You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you

⁶ except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary^[a](A) of your departure from Egypt.