The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(A)

12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, “This month is to be for you the first month,(B) the first month of your year. Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a](C) for his family, one for each household.(D) If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(E) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(F) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.(G) Then they are to take some of the blood(H) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night(I) they are to eat the meat roasted(J) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,(K) and bread made without yeast.(L) Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.(M) 10 Do not leave any of it till morning;(N) 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;(O) it is the Lord’s Passover.(P)

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

14 “This is a day you are to commemorate;(X) for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.(Y) 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast.(Z) On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off(AA) from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work(AB) at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.

17 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt.(AD) Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(AE) 18 In the first month(AF) 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 no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner(AG) or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off(AH) from the community of Israel. 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live,(AI) you must eat unleavened bread.”(AJ)

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(AK) lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop,(AL) dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood(AM) on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike(AN) down the Egyptians, he will see the blood(AO) on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over(AP) that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer(AQ) to enter your houses and strike you down.

24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance(AR) for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land(AS) that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children(AT) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(AU) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(AV) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(AW) 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(AX) Moses and Aaron.

29 At midnight(AY) the Lord(AZ) struck down all the firstborn(BA) in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock(BB) as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(BC) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

The Exodus

31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship(BD) the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds,(BE) as you have said, and go. And also bless(BF) me.”

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry(BG) and leave(BH) the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”(BI) 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs(BJ) wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold(BK) and for clothing.(BL) 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed(BM) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered(BN) the Egyptians.

37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(BO) to Sukkoth.(BP) There were about six hundred thousand men(BQ) on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people(BR) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out(BS) of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[b] was 430 years.(BT) 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions(BU) left Egypt.(BV) 42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.(BW)

Passover Restrictions

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

“No foreigner(BY) may eat it. 44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(BZ) him, 45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker(CA) may not eat it.

46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.(CB) 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land.(CC) No uncircumcised(CD) male may eat it. 49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner(CE) residing among you.”

50 All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded(CF) Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt(CG) by their divisions.(CH)

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:3 The Hebrew word can mean lamb or kid; also in verse 4.
  2. Exodus 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan

Institución de la Pascua

12 Y el Señor habló a Moisés y a Aarón en la tierra de Egipto, diciendo: Este mes será para vosotros el principio de los meses; será el primer mes del año para vosotros(A). Hablad a toda la congregación de Israel, diciendo: «(B)El día diez de este mes cada uno tomará para sí un cordero[a], según sus casas paternas; un cordero[b] para cada[c] casa. Mas si la casa es muy pequeña para un cordero[d], entonces él y el vecino más cercano a su casa tomarán uno según el número[e] de personas; conforme a lo que cada persona coma[f], dividiréis[g] el cordero[h]. El cordero[i] será un macho sin defecto, de un año(C); lo apartaréis de entre las ovejas o de entre las cabras. Y lo guardaréis[j] hasta el día catorce del mismo mes(D); entonces toda la asamblea de la congregación de Israel lo matará al anochecer[k](E). Y tomarán parte de la sangre y la pondrán en los dos postes y en el dintel de[l] las casas donde lo coman(F). Y comerán la carne esa misma noche(G), asada al fuego(H), y la comerán con pan sin levadura(I) y con[m] hierbas amargas(J). No comeréis nada de él crudo ni hervido en agua, sino asado al fuego(K), tanto su cabeza como sus patas y sus entrañas(L). 10 Y no dejaréis nada de él para la mañana, sino que lo que quede de él para la mañana(M) lo quemaréis en el fuego. 11 Y de esta manera lo comeréis: ceñidos vuestros lomos, las sandalias en vuestros pies y el cayado en vuestra mano, lo comeréis apresuradamente. Es la Pascua del Señor(N). 12 Porque esa noche pasaré por la tierra de Egipto, y heriré a todo primogénito en la tierra de Egipto, tanto de hombre como de animal(O); y ejecutaré juicios contra todos los dioses de Egipto(P). Yo, el Señor(Q). 13 Y la sangre os será por señal en las casas donde estéis; y cuando yo vea la sangre pasaré sobre vosotros, y ninguna plaga vendrá sobre vosotros para destruiros[n](R) cuando yo hiera la tierra de Egipto. 14 Y este día os será memorable(S) y lo celebraréis como fiesta al Señor(T); lo celebraréis por todas vuestras generaciones como ordenanza perpetua(U).

15 »Siete días comeréis panes sin levadura(V); además, desde el primer día quitaréis[o] toda levadura de vuestras casas; porque cualquiera que coma algo leudado desde el primer día hasta el séptimo, esa persona[p] será cortada de Israel(W). 16 Y en el primer día tendréis una santa convocación, y otra santa convocación en el séptimo día; ningún trabajo se hará en ellos(X), excepto lo que cada uno deba comer[q]. solo esto podréis hacer. 17 Guardaréis también la fiesta de los panes sin levadura, porque en ese mismo día saqué yo vuestros ejércitos de la tierra de Egipto(Y); por tanto guardaréis este día por todas vuestras generaciones como ordenanza perpetua(Z). 18 En el mes primero(AA) comeréis los panes sin levadura, desde el día catorce del mes por la tarde, hasta el día veintiuno del mes por la tarde. 19 Por siete días no habrá[r] levadura en vuestras casas(AB); porque cualquiera que coma algo leudado, esa persona[s] será cortada de la congregación de Israel(AC), ya sea extranjero o nativo del país. 20 No comeréis nada leudado; en todo lugar donde habitéis[t] comeréis panes sin levadura».

21 Entonces Moisés convocó a todos los ancianos de Israel, y les dijo: Sacad del rebaño corderos[u] para vosotros según vuestras familias(AD), y sacrificad la pascua(AE). 22 Y tomaréis un manojo de hisopo, y lo mojaréis en la sangre que está en la vasija, y untaréis[v] con la sangre que está en la vasija el dintel y los dos postes de la puerta(AF); y ninguno de vosotros saldrá de la puerta de su casa hasta la mañana. 23 Pues el Señor pasará para herir a los egipcios; y cuando vea la sangre en el dintel y en los dos postes de la puerta, el Señor pasará de largo(AG) aquella puerta, y no permitirá que el ángel destructor entre en vuestras casas para heriros(AH). 24 Y guardaréis esta ceremonia[w] como ordenanza para vosotros y para vuestros hijos para siempre(AI). 25 Y[x] cuando entréis a la tierra que el Señor os dará, como ha prometido[y], guardaréis este rito[z]. 26 Y sucederá que cuando vuestros hijos os pregunten: «¿Qué significa este rito[aa] para vosotros(AJ)?», 27 vosotros diréis: «Es un sacrificio de la Pascua al Señor, el cual[ab] pasó de largo las casas de los hijos de Israel en Egipto cuando hirió a los egipcios, y libró nuestras casas(AK)». Y el pueblo se postró y adoró(AL). 28 Los hijos de Israel fueron y lo hicieron así; tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés y a Aarón, así lo hicieron.

Muerte de los primogénitos

29 Y sucedió que a la medianoche, el Señor hirió a todo primogénito(AM) en la tierra de Egipto(AN), desde el primogénito de Faraón que se sentaba sobre su trono, hasta el primogénito del cautivo que estaba en la cárcel, y todo primogénito del ganado(AO). 30 Y se levantó Faraón en la noche, él con todos sus siervos y todos los egipcios; y hubo gran clamor en Egipto(AP), porque no había hogar donde no hubiera alguien muerto. 31 Entonces llamó a Moisés y a Aarón aún de noche, y dijo(AQ): Levantaos y salid de entre mi pueblo, vosotros y los hijos de Israel; e id, adorad[ac] al Señor(AR), como habéis dicho. 32 Tomad también vuestras ovejas y vuestras vacadas(AS), como habéis dicho, e idos, y bendecidme también a mí. 33 Y los egipcios apremiaban al pueblo, dándose prisa en echarlos de la tierra(AT), porque decían: Todos seremos muertos. 34 Tomó, pues, el pueblo la masa, antes que fuera leudada(AU), en sus artesas de amasar envueltas en paños, y se las llevaron sobre sus hombros. 35 (AV)Los hijos de Israel hicieron según las instrucciones[ad] de Moisés, pues pidieron a los egipcios objetos de plata, objetos de oro y ropa. 36 Y el Señor hizo que el pueblo se ganara el favor[ae] de los egipcios, que les concedieron lo que pedían. Así despojaron a los egipcios(AW).

Los israelitas salen de Egipto

37 Y partieron los hijos de Israel de Ramsés(AX) hacia Sucot(AY), unos seiscientos mil hombres de a pie(AZ), sin contar los niños. 38 Subió también con ellos una multitud mixta(BA), juntamente con[af] ovejas y vacadas, una gran cantidad de ganado(BB). 39 Y de la masa que habían sacado de Egipto, cocieron tortas de pan sin levadura, pues no se había leudado, ya que al ser echados de Egipto, no pudieron demorarse(BC) ni preparar[ag] alimentos para sí mismos.

40 El tiempo que los hijos de Israel vivieron[ah] en Egipto fue de cuatrocientos treinta años(BD). 41 Y sucedió que al cabo de los cuatrocientos treinta años, en aquel mismo día[ai](BE), todos los ejércitos del Señor salieron de la tierra de Egipto(BF). 42 Esta es noche de vigilia para el Señor por haberlos sacado de la tierra de Egipto(BG); esta noche es para el Señor, para ser guardada[aj] por todos los hijos[ak] de Israel por todas sus generaciones.

Ordenanza de la Pascua

43 Y el Señor dijo a Moisés y a Aarón: Esta es la ordenanza de la Pascua(BH): ningún extranjero[al] comerá de ella(BI). 44 Pero el siervo de todo hombre, comprado por dinero, después que lo circuncidéis, podrá entonces comer de ella(BJ). 45 El extranjero[am] y el jornalero no comerán de ella(BK). 46 Se ha de comer en una misma casa; no sacaréis nada de la carne fuera de la casa, ni quebraréis ninguno de sus huesos(BL). 47 Toda la congregación de Israel la celebrará[an](BM). 48 Pero si un extranjero[ao] reside con vosotros y celebra[ap] la Pascua al Señor(BN), que sea circuncidado todo varón de su casa, y entonces que se acerque para celebrarla[aq], pues será como un nativo del país; pero ninguna persona incircuncisa comerá de ella. 49 La misma ley[ar] se aplicará[as] tanto al nativo como al extranjero[at] que habite entre vosotros(BO). 50 Y así lo hicieron todos los hijos de Israel; hicieron tal como el Señor había mandado a Moisés y a Aarón. 51 Y sucedió que aquel mismo día, el Señor sacó a los hijos de Israel de la tierra de Egipto por[au] sus ejércitos(BP).

Footnotes

  1. Éxodo 12:3 O, cabrito
  2. Éxodo 12:3 O, cabrito
  3. Éxodo 12:3 Lit., la
  4. Éxodo 12:4 O, cabrito
  5. Éxodo 12:4 O, la cantidad
  6. Éxodo 12:4 Lit., al comer de cada hombre
  7. Éxodo 12:4 Lit., calcularéis
  8. Éxodo 12:4 O, cabrito
  9. Éxodo 12:5 O, cabrito
  10. Éxodo 12:6 Lit., os será para ser guardado
  11. Éxodo 12:6 Lit., entre las dos tardes
  12. Éxodo 12:7 Lit., sobre
  13. Éxodo 12:8 Lit., además de
  14. Éxodo 12:13 Lit., para destrucción
  15. Éxodo 12:15 Lit., haréis cesar
  16. Éxodo 12:15 Lit., alma
  17. Éxodo 12:16 Lit., lo que ha de comerse concerniente a cada persona
  18. Éxodo 12:19 Lit., no se hallará
  19. Éxodo 12:19 Lit., alma
  20. Éxodo 12:20 Lit., en todas vuestras moradas
  21. Éxodo 12:21 Lit., ovejas
  22. Éxodo 12:22 Lit., haréis tocar
  23. Éxodo 12:24 O, este acontecimiento
  24. Éxodo 12:25 Lit., Y sucederá que
  25. Éxodo 12:25 Lit., hablado
  26. Éxodo 12:25 Lit., servicio
  27. Éxodo 12:26 Lit., ¿Qué es este servicio
  28. Éxodo 12:27 Lit., porque Él
  29. Éxodo 12:31 O, servid
  30. Éxodo 12:35 Lit., la palabra
  31. Éxodo 12:36 Lit., había dado gracia al pueblo a los ojos
  32. Éxodo 12:38 Lit., y
  33. Éxodo 12:39 Lit., hecho
  34. Éxodo 12:40 O, de los hijos de Israel que habitaron
  35. Éxodo 12:41 Lit., que sucedió en este mismo día
  36. Éxodo 12:42 O, de vigilia
  37. Éxodo 12:42 Lit., para los hijos
  38. Éxodo 12:43 Lit., hijo de extraño
  39. Éxodo 12:45 Lit., peregrino
  40. Éxodo 12:47 Lit., hará esto
  41. Éxodo 12:48 Lit., peregrino
  42. Éxodo 12:48 Lit., hace
  43. Éxodo 12:48 Lit., hacerla
  44. Éxodo 12:49 Lit., Una ley
  45. Éxodo 12:49 Lit., será
  46. Éxodo 12:49 Lit., peregrino
  47. Éxodo 12:51 Lit., según

12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

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:

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.

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

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.

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.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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.