Exodus 12
King James Version
12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover.
12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
16 And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17 And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
26 And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and 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.
31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said.
32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
36 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
42 It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will 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 one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
Exodus 12
New Century Version
The First Passover
12 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 “This month will be the beginning of months, the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must get one lamb for the people in his house. 4 If there are not enough people in his house to eat a whole lamb, he must share it with his closest neighbor, considering the number of people. There must be enough lamb for everyone to eat. 5 The lamb must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat. 6 Take care of the animals until the fourteenth day of the month. On that day all the people of the community of Israel will kill them in the evening before dark. 7 The people must take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 On this night they must roast the lamb over a fire. They must eat it with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the lamb raw or boiled in water. Roast the whole lamb over a fire—with its head, legs, and inner organs. 10 You must not leave any of it until morning, but if any of it is left over until morning, you must burn it with fire.
11 “This is the way you must eat it: You must be fully dressed as if you were going on a trip. You must have your sandals on and your walking stick in your hand. You must eat it in a hurry; this is the Lord’s Passover.
12 “That night I will go through the land of Egypt and kill all the firstborn animals and people in the land of Egypt. I will also punish all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 But the blood will be a sign on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. Nothing terrible will hurt you when I punish the land of Egypt.
14 “You are always to remember this day and celebrate it with a feast to the Lord. Your descendants are to honor the Lord with this feast from now on. 15 For this feast you must eat bread made without yeast for seven days. On the first day, you are to remove all the yeast from your houses. No one should eat any yeast for the full seven days of the feast, or that person will be cut off from Israel. 16 You are to have holy meetings on the first and last days of the feast. You must not do any work on these days; the only work you may do is to prepare your meals. 17 You must celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because on this very day I brought your divisions of people out of Egypt. So all of your descendants must celebrate this day. This is a law that will last from now on. 18 In the first month of the year 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 there must not be any yeast in your houses. Anybody who eats yeast during this time, either an Israelite or non-Israelite, must be cut off from the community of Israel. 20 During this feast you must not eat anything made with yeast. You must eat only bread made without yeast wherever you live.”
21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and told them, “Get the animals for your families and kill the lamb for the Passover. 22 Take a branch of the hyssop plant, dip it into the bowl filled with blood, and then wipe the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes. No one may leave that house until morning. 23 When the Lord goes through Egypt to kill the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes, and he will pass over that house. He will not let the one who brings death come into your houses and kill you.
24 “You must keep this command as a law for you and your descendants from now on. 25 Do this when you go to the land the Lord has promised to give you. 26 When your children ask you, ‘Why are we doing these things?’ 27 you will say, ‘This is the Passover sacrifice to honor the Lord. When we were in Egypt, the Lord passed over the houses of Israel, and when he killed the Egyptians, he saved our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped the Lord. 28 They did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.
29 At midnight the Lord killed all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt—from the firstborn of the king who sat on the throne to the firstborn of the prisoner in jail. Also, all the firstborn farm animals died. 30 The king, his officers, and all the Egyptians got up during the night because someone had died in every house. So there was a loud outcry everywhere in Egypt.
Israel Leaves Egypt
31 During the night the king called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Get up and leave my people. You and your people may do as you have asked; go and worship the Lord. 32 Take all of your flocks and herds as you have asked, and go. And also bless me.” 33 The Egyptians also asked the Israelites to hurry and leave, saying, “If you don’t leave, we will all die!”
34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added. They wrapped the bowls for making dough in clothing and carried them on their shoulders. 35 The Israelites did what Moses told them to do and asked their Egyptian neighbors for things made of silver and gold and for clothing. 36 The Lord caused the Egyptians to think well of them, and the Egyptians gave the people everything they asked for. So the Israelites took rich gifts from them.
37 The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men walking, not including the women and children. 38 Many other people who were not Israelites went with them, as well as a large number of sheep, goats, and cattle. 39 The Israelites used the dough they had brought out of Egypt to bake loaves of bread without yeast. The dough had no yeast in it, because they had been rushed out of Egypt and had no time to get food ready for their trip.
40 The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for four hundred thirty years; 41 on the very day the four hundred thirty years ended, the Lord’s divisions of people left Egypt. 42 That night the Lord kept watch to bring them out of Egypt, and so on this same night the Israelites are to keep watch to honor the Lord from now on.
43 The Lord told Moses and Aaron, “Here are the rules for Passover: No foreigner is to eat the Passover. 44 If someone buys a slave and circumcises him, the slave may eat the Passover. 45 But neither a person who lives for a short time in your country nor a hired worker may eat it.
46 “The meal must be eaten inside a house; take none of the meat outside the house. Don’t break any of the bones. 47 The whole community of Israel must take part in this feast. 48 A foreigner who lives with you may share in the Lord’s Passover if all the males in his house become circumcised. Then, since he will be like a citizen of Israel, he may share in the meal. But a man who is not circumcised may not eat the Passover meal. 49 The same rules apply to an Israelite born in the country or to a foreigner living there.”
50 So all the Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 On that same day the Lord led the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
Éxodo 12
Reina Valera Contemporánea
La Pascua
12 El Señor habló con Moisés y Aarón en la tierra de Egipto, y les dijo:
2 «Este mes marcará el principio de los meses. Será para ustedes el primer mes del año. 3 Hablen con toda la congregación de Israel, y díganle: “El día diez de este mes, cada uno de ustedes debe tomar un cordero por familia, según las familias de los padres.” 4 Si la familia es tan pequeña como para no comerse todo el cordero, entonces esa familia y sus vecinos más cercanos tomarán un cordero, según el número de personas. Calcularán el cordero según lo que cada persona pueda comer. 5 El animal debe ser macho, de un año y sin ningún defecto, y lo tomarán de las ovejas o de las cabras. 6 Lo apartarán hasta el día catorce de este mes, y toda la congregación de Israel lo sacrificará entre la tarde y la noche. 7 Tomarán un poco de sangre y la pondrán en los dos postes y en el dintel de las casas donde lo vayan a comer. 8 Lo comerán esa noche, asando la carne al fuego y acompañando la carne con panes sin levadura y hierbas amargas. 9 La carne no debe estar cruda ni ser cocida en agua, sino asada al fuego, junto con la cabeza, las patas y las entrañas. 10 No dejarán nada del cordero para el día siguiente; si algo queda hasta el día siguiente lo quemarán por completo. 11 Debe comer el cordero vestidos y calzados, y con el bordón en la mano, y comerlo de prisa; se trata de la Pascua(A) del Señor. 12 Esa noche yo, el Señor, pasaré por la tierra de Egipto y heriré de muerte a todo primogénito egipcio, tanto de sus hombres como de sus animales, y también dictaré sentencia contra todos los dioses de Egipto. 13 Y cuando hiera yo la tierra de Egipto, la sangre en las casas donde ustedes se encuentren les servirá de señal, pues yo veré la sangre y seguiré adelante, y no habrá entre ustedes ninguna plaga de mortandad.
14 »Este día deberán recordarlo y celebrarlo generación tras generación, como fiesta solemne en honor del Señor. Es un estatuto perpetuo que deben celebrar. 15 Durante siete días comerán panes sin levadura, y desde el primer día no deberán tener levadura en sus casas, porque todo el que coma pan leudado desde el primer día hasta el séptimo, será expulsado de Israel. 16 El primer día habrá una convocación solemne, lo mismo que el día séptimo. No se hará en ellos ningún trabajo, a no ser lo que cada uno deba preparar para comer. 17 Deberán celebrar esta fiesta de los panes sin levadura,(B) porque fue en este día cuando los saqué a todos ustedes de Egipto. Por lo tanto, sus generaciones futuras deberán cumplir con este mandamiento como costumbre perpetua. 18 Desde el día catorce del mes primero por la tarde, y hasta el día veintiuno por la tarde de ese mismo mes primero, comerán panes sin levadura. 19 Durante siete días no deben tener levadura en sus casas. Cualquiera que coma pan leudado, sea extranjero o nacido en el país, será expulsado de la congregación de Israel. 20 No deben comer nada que tenga levadura. Dondequiera que ustedes vivan, deberán comer panes sin levadura.»
21 Entonces Moisés llamó a todos los ancianos de Israel y les dijo:
«Vayan y tomen un cordero por cada familia, y sacrifíquenlo para la pascua. 22 Tomen un manojo de hisopo y mójenlo en la sangre que deberán haber recogido en un recipiente, y unten el dintel y los dos postes con esa sangre. Ninguno de ustedes debe salir de su casa hasta el día siguiente, 23 porque el Señor pasará y herirá de muerte a los egipcios; pero, cuando él pase y vea la sangre en el dintel y en los dos postes, pasará por alto aquella puerta y no dejará que el ángel exterminador entre en las casas de ustedes y los hiera.(C)
24 »Éste será un estatuto perpetuo, que ustedes y sus hijos deberán cumplir siempre. 25 Cuando ustedes entren en la tierra que el Señor les ha prometido, deberán seguir cumpliéndolo. 26 Y cuando sus hijos les pregunten: “¿Qué sentido tiene para ustedes este estatuto?”, 27 ustedes les responderán: “Se trata del sacrificio que se ofrece al Señor como recuerdo de la pascua, es decir, cuando en Egipto el Señor pasó por alto las casas israelitas y nos salvó la vida, pero hirió de muerte a los egipcios.”»
Entonces los israelitas se inclinaron y adoraron, 28 y luego fueron y cumplieron con todo lo que el Señor les había ordenado a Moisés y a Aarón.
Muerte de los primogénitos
29 A la medianoche, el Señor hirió de muerte a todos los primogénitos(D) en la tierra de Egipto, lo mismo al primogénito del faraón que ocupaba el trono que al primogénito del que estaba cautivo en la cárcel, y a todas las primeras crías de los animales. 30 Y esa misma noche el faraón se levantó, lo mismo que todos sus siervos y todos los egipcios, y en todo Egipto hubo un gran clamor, porque no había una casa donde no hubiera un muerto. 31 Esa misma noche el faraón mandó llamar a Moisés y a Aarón, y les dijo:
«Apártense de mi pueblo, ustedes y los hijos de Israel, y vayan a servir al Señor, tal y como lo han pedido. 32 Llévense también sus ovejas y sus vacas, como lo han pedido, y váyanse. ¡Y bendíganme también a mí!»
33 Los egipcios ya se daban por muertos, así que apremiaban a los israelitas para que se dieran prisa y abandonaran el país. 34 Los israelitas, por su parte, envolvieron su masa en sábanas y se la echaron al hombro, para llevársela antes de que fermentara. 35 Además, hicieron lo que Moisés les había ordenado y pidieron a los egipcios que les dieran alhajas de oro y plata, y vestidos, 36 y el Señor hizo que los egipcios vieran a los israelitas con buenos ojos, y les daban todo lo que les pedían, Así fue como ellos despojaron a los egipcios.(E)
Los israelitas salen de Egipto
37 Los israelitas partieron de Ramesés a Sucot. Eran unos seiscientos mil hombres de a pie, sin contar a los niños. 38 Con ellos se fue toda clase de gente, y ovejas, y muchísimo ganado. 39 Como no habían tenido tiempo ni para prepararse comida cuando los egipcios los echaron fuera de Egipto, con la masa que habían sacado, la cual aún no había fermentado, cocieron tortas sin levadura.
40 Los israelitas vivieron en Egipto cuatrocientos treinta años,(F) 41 y el mismo día en que se cumplieron esos cuatrocientos treinta años todo el pueblo del Señor salió de ese país. 42 Esa noche el Señor sacó de Egipto a los hijos de Israel. Por lo tanto, todos ellos y sus generaciones futuras deben recordarla.
43 El Señor dijo a Moisés y a Aarón:
«Éste es el estatuto de la pascua. Ningún extranjero podrá comer de ella. 44 Sólo comerán de ella los siervos que hayan sido comprados por dinero, pero sólo después de haber sido circuncidados. 45 Pero ni los extranjeros ni los jornaleros podrán comer de ella. 46 Debe comerse en una casa, y no se podrá sacar de allí nada de esa aquella carne, ni se le quebrará un solo hueso.(G) 47 Así debe hacerlo toda la comunidad de Israel. 48 Pero si algún extranjero vive contigo y quiere celebrar la pascua en honor del Señor, todos sus hombres deberán ser circuncidados primero, y entonces podrá celebrarla, pues será como un israelita más. Pero ningún incircunciso podrá comer de ella. 49 Esta misma ley se aplicará a los israelitas por nacimiento y a los extranjeros que vivan entre ustedes.»
50 Todos los hijos de Israel cumplieron con lo que el Señor les ordenó a Moisés y Aarón. 51 Y ese mismo día el Señor sacó de Egipto a todos los hijos de Israel.
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