Exodus 12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Instructions for the Passover
12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 “This month is to be the beginning of months for you; it is the first month of your year.(A) 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ households, one animal per household. 4 If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each person[a] will eat. 5 You must have an unblemished(B) animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. 6 You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.(C) 7 They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them. 8 They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.(D) 9 Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling[b] water, but only roasted(E) over fire—its head as well as its legs and inner organs. 10 Do not let any of it remain until morning;(F) you must burn up any part of it that does remain before morning. 11 Here is how you must eat it: you must be dressed for travel,[c] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover.(G)
12 “I will pass through(H) the land of Egypt on that night and strike every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. I am Yahweh; I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt.(I) 13 The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
14 “This day is to be a memorial for you, and you must celebrate it as a festival to the Lord. You are to celebrate it throughout your generations as a permanent statute.(J) 15 You must eat unleavened bread for seven days. On the first day you must remove yeast(K) from your houses. Whoever eats what is leavened from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off(L) from Israel. 16 You are to hold a sacred assembly(M) on the first day and another sacred assembly on the seventh day. No work may be done on those days except for preparing what people need to eat—you may do only that.
17 “You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread because on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt.(N) You must observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent statute. 18 You are to eat unleavened bread in the first month,(O) from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19 Yeast must not be found in your houses for seven days. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreign resident or native of the land, must be cut off from the community of Israel. 20 Do not eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”[d]
21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, select an animal from the flock according to your families, and slaughter the Passover animal.(P) 22 Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it in the blood(Q) that is in the basin, and brush the lintel and the two doorposts with some of the blood in the basin. None of you may go out the door of his house until morning. 23 When the Lord passes through to strike Egypt and sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, He will pass over the door and not let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you.(R)
24 “Keep this command permanently as a statute for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as He promised, you are to observe this ritual. 26 When your children(S) ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean to you?’ 27 you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice(T) to the Lord, for He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” So the people bowed down and worshiped. 28 Then the Israelites went and did this; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
The Exodus
29 Now at midnight the Lord struck every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner who was in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.(U) 30 During the night Pharaoh got up, he along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was a loud wailing(V) throughout Egypt because there wasn’t a house without someone dead. 31 He summoned Moses and Aaron during the night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites, and go, worship Yahweh as you have asked. 32 Take even your flocks and your herds as you asked and leave, and also bless me.”
33 Now the Egyptians pressured the people in order to send them quickly out of the country, for they said, “We’re all going to die!”(W) 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their clothes on their shoulders.
35 The Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.(X) 36 And the Lord gave the people such favor in the Egyptians’ sight that they gave them what they requested. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
37 The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth,(Y) about 600,000(Z) soldiers on foot, besides their families. 38 An ethnically diverse crowd also went up with them, along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 The people baked the dough they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves, since it had no yeast; for when they had been driven(AA) out of Egypt they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
40 The time that the Israelites lived in Egypt[e] was 430 years.(AB) 41 At the end of 430 years, on that same day, all the Lord’s divisions went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of vigil in honor of the Lord, because He would bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is in honor of the Lord, a night vigil for all the Israelites throughout their generations.(AC)
Passover Instruction
43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it. 44 But any slave a man has purchased may eat it, after you have circumcised him. 45 A temporary resident or hired hand may not eat the Passover.(AD) 46 It is to be eaten in one house. You may not take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of its bones.(AE) 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate[f] it. 48 If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover, every male in his household must be circumcised, and then he may participate;[g] he will become like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it. 49 The same law will apply to both the native and the foreigner(AF) who resides among you.”
50 Then all the Israelites did this; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 On that same day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt according to their divisions.(AG)
Footnotes
- Exodus 12:4 Or household
- Exodus 12:9 Or or boiled at all in
- Exodus 12:11 Lit it: with your loins girded
- Exodus 12:20 Or settlements
- Exodus 12:40 LXX, Sam add and in Canaan
- Exodus 12:47 Lit do
- Exodus 12:48 Lit may come near to do it
Exodus 12
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. 9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but (I)roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails. 10 (J)You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire. 11 And thus you shall eat it: [c]with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. (K)It is the Lord’s Passover.
12 ‘For I (L)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 (M)against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: (N)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 (O)a memorial; and you shall keep it as a (P)feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast (Q)by an everlasting ordinance. 15 (R)Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, (S)that [d]person shall be [e]cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day there shall be (T)a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you. 17 So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for (U)on this same day I will have brought your [f]armies (V)out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance. 18 (W)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 (X)seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”
21 Then (Y)Moses called for all the (Z)elders of Israel and said to them, (AA)“Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 (AB)And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and (AC)strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. 23 (AD)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the (AE)blood on the [g]lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (AF)not allow (AG)the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. 24 And you shall (AH)observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. 25 It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, (AI)just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 (AJ)And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 that you shall say, (AK)‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people (AL)bowed their heads and worshiped. 28 Then the children of Israel went away and (AM)did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn(AN)
29 (AO)And it came to pass at midnight that (AP)the Lord struck all 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 [h]in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of (AQ)livestock. 30 So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
The Exodus
31 Then he (AR)called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, (AS)both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have (AT)said. 32 (AU)Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”
33 (AV)And the Egyptians (AW)urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. 35 Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians (AX)articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. 36 (AY)And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus (AZ)they plundered the Egyptians.
37 Then (BA)the children of Israel journeyed from (BB)Rameses to Succoth, about (BC)six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. 38 A (BD)mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of (BE)livestock. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because (BF)they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
40 Now the [i]sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in [j]Egypt was (BG)four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that (BH)all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is (BI)a [k]night of solemn observance to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the Lord, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
Passover Regulations(BJ)
43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is (BK)the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. 44 But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have (BL)circumcised him, then he may eat it. 45 (BM)A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. 46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, (BN)nor shall you break one of its bones. 47 (BO)All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And (BP)when a stranger [l]dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. 49 (BQ)One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.”
50 Thus all the children of Israel did; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. 51 (BR)And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the Lord brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt (BS)according to their armies.
Footnotes
- Exodus 12:5 perfect or sound
- Exodus 12:5 a year old
- Exodus 12:11 Made ready to travel
- Exodus 12:15 soul
- Exodus 12:15 Put to death
- Exodus 12:17 hosts
- Exodus 12:23 Crosspiece at top of door
- Exodus 12:29 in prison
- Exodus 12:40 Length of the stay
- Exodus 12:40 Sam., LXX Egypt and Canaan
- Exodus 12:42 night of vigil
- Exodus 12:48 As a resident alien
2 Mose 12
Schlachter 1951
Passah - das Lamm
12 Und der Herr redete mit Mose und Aaron im Ägyptenland und sprach: 2 Dieser Monat soll euch der erste Monat sein, und von ihm sollt ihr die Monate des Jahres anheben. 3 Sagt der ganzen Gemeinde Israel und sprecht: Am zehnten Tage dieses Monats verschaffe sich jeder Hausvater ein Lamm, ein Lamm für jede Haushaltung; 4 wenn aber die Haushaltung zu klein ist für ein Lamm, so nehme er es gemeinsam mit seinem Nachbar, welcher zunächst bei seinem Haus wohnt; dabei sollen sie für das Lamm die Zahl der Seelen berechnen, je nachdem ein jeder zu essen vermag. 5 Dieses Lamm aber soll fehlerlos &vollkommen& sein, männlich und einjährig. Von den Lämmern und Ziegen sollt ihr es nehmen, 6 und sollt es behalten bis auf den vierzehnten Tag dieses Monats.
Und die ganze Versammlung der Gemeinde Israel soll es zwischen den Abendstunden[a] schächten. 7 Und sie sollen von dem Blut nehmen und beide Türpfosten und die Oberschwellen der Häuser, darin sie essen, damit bestreichen. 8 Und sollen so in derselben Nacht das Fleisch essen, am Feuer gebraten, mit ungesäuertem Brot; mit bitteren Kräutern sollen sie es essen. 9 Ihr sollt nichts davon roh essen, auch nicht im Wasser gesotten, sondern nur am Feuer gebraten, sein Haupt samt seinen Schenkeln und den innern Teilen; 10 und sollt nichts davon übriglassen bis zum andern Morgen. Wenn aber etwas übrigbleibt bis zum Morgen, sollt ihr es mit Feuer verbrennen. 11 So sollt ihr es aber essen: Um eure Lenden gegürtet, eure Schuhe an euren Füßen und eure Stäbe in euren Händen, und in Eile sollt ihr es essen; es ist des Herrn Passah[b].
12 Denn ich will in derselben Nacht durch Ägypten gehen und alle Erstgeburt in Ägypten schlagen, vom Menschen an bis auf das Vieh, und will an allen Göttern der Ägypter Gerichte üben, ich, der Herr. 13 Und das Blut soll euch zum Zeichen dienen an euren Häusern, darin ihr seid, daß, wenn ich das Blut sehe, ich an euch vorübergehe und euch die Plage nicht widerfahre, die euch verderbe, wenn ich die Ägypter schlagen werde.
Passah - die Erinnerungsfeier
14 Und dieser Tag soll euch zum Gedächtnis sein, und ihr sollt ihn feiern als ein Fest des Herrn in allen euren Geschlechtern; als ewige Ordnung sollt ihr ihn feiern. 15 Sieben Tage lang sollt ihr ungesäuertes Brot essen, darum sollt ihr am ersten Tag den Sauerteig aus euren Häusern entfernen. Denn wer gesäuertes Brot ißt vom ersten Tag an bis auf den siebenten Tag, dessen Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus Israel! 16 Ihr sollt aber am ersten Tag eine heilige Versammlung halten, desgleichen am siebenten Tag eine heilige Versammlung. Keine Arbeit sollt ihr tun; außer was zur Speise nötig ist für alle Seelen, das allein darf von euch besorgt werden.
17 Und beobachtet die Tage der ungesäuerten Brote! Denn eben an demselben Tag habe ich euer Heer aus Ägypten geführt; darum sollt ihr diesen Tag als ewige Ordnung beobachten in allen euren Geschlechtern. 18 Am vierzehnten Tag des ersten Monats, am Abend, sollt ihr ungesäuertes Brot essen bis an den einundzwanzigsten Tag des Monats, am Abend, 19 daß man sieben Tage lang keinen Sauerteig in euren Häusern finde. Denn wer gesäuertes Brot ißt, dessen Seele soll ausgerottet werden aus der Gemeinde Israel, er sei ein Fremdling oder Einheimischer im Land. 20 So esst kein gesäuertes, sondern ungesäuertes Brot in allen euren Wohnungen!
21 Und Mose berief alle Ältesten in Israel und sprach zu ihnen: Macht euch auf und nehmt euch Lämmer für eure Familien und schächtet das Passah! 22 Und nehmt einen Büschel Ysop und taucht ihn in das Blut im Becken und bestreicht mit diesem Blut im Becken die Oberschwelle und die zwei Türpfosten; und kein Mensch von euch gehe zu seiner Haustüre hinaus bis an den Morgen! 23 Denn der Herr wird umhergehen und die Ägypter schlagen. Und wenn er das Blut an der Oberschwelle und an den beiden Pfosten sehen wird, so wird er, der Herr, an der Tür vorübergehen und den Verderber nicht in eure Häuser kommen lassen, zu schlagen.
24 Und ihr sollt diese Verordnung beobachten als eine Satzung, welche dir und deinen Kindern auf ewig gilt! 25 Und wenn ihr in das Land kommt, das euch der Herr geben wird, wie er geredet hat, so haltet diesen Dienst. 26 Und wenn eure Kinder zu euch sagen werden: Was habt ihr da für einen Dienst? 27 So sollt ihr sagen: Es ist das Passah-Opfer des Herrn, der an den Häusern der Kinder Israel vorüberschritt in Ägypten, als er die Ägypter schlug und unsere Häuser errettete. 28 Da neigte sich das Volk und betete an. Und die Kinder Israel gingen hin und taten solches; wie der Herr Mose und Aaron geboten hatte, so taten sie.
Der Herr schlägt alle Erstgeburt in Ägypten - Der Auszug Israels
29 Und es begab sich zu Mitternacht, da schlug der Herr alle Erstgeburt in Ägypten, von dem ersten Sohn des Pharao, der auf dem Thron saß, bis auf den ersten Sohn der Gefangenen, die in dem Gefängnisse waren, auch alle Erstgeburt des Viehes.
30 Da stand der Pharao auf in derselben Nacht, er und alle seine Knechte und alle Ägypter; und es war ein großes Geschrei in Ägypten, denn es gab kein Haus, darin nicht ein Toter war. 31 Und er berief Mose und Aaron in der Nacht und sprach: Macht euch auf und zieht aus von meinem Volk, ihr und die Kinder Israel, und geht hin, dient dem Herrn, wie ihr gesagt habt! 32 Nehmt auch eure Schafe und eure Rinder mit euch, wie ihr gesagt habt, und geht hin und segnet mich auch!
33 Und die Ägypter drangen sehr in das Volk, daß sie dasselbe eilends aus dem Land trieben; denn sie sprachen: Wir sind alle des Todes! 34 Und das Volk trug seinen Teig, ehe er gesäuert war, nämlich ihre Backtröge in ihre Kleider gebunden, auf ihren Achseln. 35 Und die Kinder Israel taten, wie Mose sagte, und forderten von den Ägyptern silberne und goldene Geschirre und Kleider. 36 Dazu gab der Herr dem Volk bei den Ägyptern Gunst, daß sie ihrem Begehren willfahrten; und sie beraubten Ägypten.
Der Aufbruch
37 So zogen die Kinder Israel aus von Raemses nach Sukkot, bei sechshunderttausend Mann Fußvolk, die Kinder nicht inbegriffen. 38 Auch zogen mit ihnen viele Mischlinge und Schafe und Rinder und sehr viel Vieh. 39 Und sie machten aus dem Teig, den sie aus Ägypten brachten, ungesäuerte Kuchen; denn er war nicht gesäuert, weil sie aus Ägypten vertrieben wurden und nicht verziehen konnten; und sie hatten sich sonst keine Zehrung zubereitet.
40 Die Zeit aber, welche die Kinder Israel in Ägypten gewohnt haben, beträgt vierhundertunddreißig Jahre. 41 Als nun die vierhundertunddreißig Jahre verflossen waren, an eben diesem Tag ging das ganze Heer des Herrn aus Ägypten. 42 Darum wird diese Nacht dem Herrn gefeiert, weil er sie aus Ägypten geführt hat. Diese Nacht sollen alle Kinder Israel dem Herrn feiern, auch ihre künftigen Geschlechter.
Verordnungen zum Passah
43 Und der Herr sprach zu Mose und Aaron: Dies ist die Ordnung des Passah: Kein Fremder soll davon essen. 44 Wer aber ein um Geld erkaufter Knecht ist, den beschneide man; alsdann esse er davon. 45 Ein Beisasse und Taglöhner soll nicht davon essen.
46 In einem Haus soll man es essen. Ihr sollt vom Fleisch nichts vor das Haus hinaustragen, und kein Knochen werde ihm zerbrochen[c]. 47 Die ganze Gemeinde Israel soll es feiern.
48 Wo sich aber ein Fremdling bei dir aufhält und dem Herrn das Passah halten will, der beschneide alles, was männlich ist; und dann erst mache er sich herzu, daß er es feiere und sei wie ein Einheimischer des Landes; denn kein Unbeschnittener soll davon essen. 49 Einerlei Gesetz soll dem Einheimischen und dem Fremdling gelten, der unter euch wohnt.
50 Und alle Kinder Israel taten solches; wie der Herr dem Mose und Aaron geboten hatte, so taten sie; 51 aber der Herr führte an eben diesem Tag die Kinder Israel nach ihren Heerscharen aus Ägypten.
Footnotes
- 2 Mose 12:6 vermutlich zwischen Sonnenuntergang und Einbruch der Nacht
- 2 Mose 12:11 bed. verschonendes Vorübergehen
- 2 Mose 12:46 vg. Jh 19:36
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