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31 Then (A)he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, (B)get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, [a]serve Yahweh, as you have spoken. 32 Take (C)both your flocks and your herds, as you have spoken, and go, and bless me also.”

Israel Goes Out from Egypt

33 (D)And the Egyptians strongly pressed the people to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We will all be dead.” 34 So the people took up (E)their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.

35 (F)Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses—they had asked from the Egyptians for articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; 36 and Yahweh had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they (G)plundered the Egyptians.

37 And the (H)sons of Israel journeyed from (I)Rameses to Succoth, about (J)six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from the little ones. 38 A [b](K)foreign multitude also went up with them, [c]along with flocks and herds, a (L)very [d]large number of livestock. 39 And they baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were (M)driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they [e]prepared any provisions for themselves.

40 Now the time [f]that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was (N)430 years. 41 And it happened at the end of 430 years, [g]to (O)the very day, that (P)all the hosts of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt. 42 (Q)It is a night to be kept for Yahweh for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for Yahweh, to be kept [h]by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:31 Or worship
  2. Exodus 12:38 Or mixed, cf. Neh 13:3; Jer 25:20; 50:37
  3. Exodus 12:38 Lit and
  4. Exodus 12:38 Or glorious, cf. 9:24; lit heavy
  5. Exodus 12:39 Lit made
  6. Exodus 12:40 Or of the sons of Israel who dwelt
  7. Exodus 12:41 Lit that it happened on this very day
  8. Exodus 12:42 Lit to the sons

31 Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron that night and said, “Get up! Get away from my people, both you and the Israelites! Go! Worship the Lord, as you said! 32 You can even take your flocks and herds, as you asked. Just go! And bring a blessing on me as well!”

Israel set free

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the land because they thought, We’ll all be dead. 34 So the people picked up their bread dough before the yeast made it rise, with their bread pans wrapped in their robes on their shoulders. 35 The Israelites did as Moses had told them and asked the Egyptians for their silver and gold jewelry as well as their clothing. 36 The Lord made sure that the Egyptians were kind to the people so that they let them have whatever they asked for. And so they robbed the Egyptians.

37 The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. They numbered about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. 38 A diverse crowd also went up with them along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 They baked unleavened cakes from the dough they had brought out of Egypt. The dough didn’t rise because they were driven out of Egypt and they couldn’t wait. In fact, they didn’t have time to prepare any food for themselves.

40 The length of time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years. 41 At the end of four hundred thirty years, on that precise day, all the Lord’s people in military formation left the land of Egypt. 42 For the Lord, that was a night of intent watching, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For all Israelites in every generation, this same night is a time of intent watching to honor the Lord.

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