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31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, “Rise up, go away from my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the Lord, as you said.(A) 32 Take your flocks and your herds, as you said, and be gone. And ask a blessing for me, too!”(B)

The Exodus: From Rameses to Succoth

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hasten their departure from the land, for they said, “We shall all be dead.”(C) 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The Israelites had acted according to the word of Moses; they had asked the Egyptians for jewelry of silver and gold and for clothing,(D) 36 and the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And so they plundered the Egyptians.(E)

37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides little ones.(F) 38 A mixed crowd also went up with them and livestock in great numbers, both flocks and herds.(G) 39 They baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt; it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.(H)

40 The time that the Israelites had lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.(I) 41 At the end of four hundred thirty years, on that very day, all the companies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.(J) 42 That was for the Lord a night of vigil, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. That same night is a vigil to be kept for the Lord by all the Israelites throughout their generations.(K)

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31 And he called Moses and Aaron at night, and he said, “Get up, go out from the midst of my people, both you as well as the Israelites,[a] and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said. 32 Take both your sheep and goats as well as your cattle, and go, and bless also me.”

33 And the Egyptians urged the people in order to hurry their release[b] from the land, because they said, “All of us will die!”[c] 34 And the people lifted up their dough before it had yeast; their kneading troughs were wrapped up in their cloaks on their shoulder. 35 And the Israelites[d] did according to the word of Moses, and they asked from the Egyptians for objects of silver and objects of gold and for clothing. 36 And Yahweh gave the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians, and they granted their requests, and they plundered the Egyptians.

37 And the Israelites[e] set out from Rameses to Succoth; the men were about six hundred thousand on foot,[f] besides dependents. 38 And also a mixed multitude[g] went up with them and sheep and goats and cattle, very numerous livestock. 39 And they baked the dough that they had brought out from Egypt as cakes, unleavened bread, because it had no yeast when they were driven out from Egypt, and they were not able to delay, and also they had not made provisions for themselves.

40 And the period of dwelling of the Israelites[h] that they dwelled in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, on this exact day, all of Yahweh’s divisions went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night of vigils[i] belonging to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt; it is this night belonging to Yahweh with vigils for all of the Israelites[j] throughout their generations.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:31 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Exodus 12:33 Or “to hasten to release them”
  3. Exodus 12:33 Or “We all are dead!”
  4. Exodus 12:35 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Exodus 12:37 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  6. Exodus 12:37 Or “footmen,” “infantrymen.” The word probably has military connotations, as when it is used elsewhere in the numbering of soldiers (compare 2 Sam 10:6; 1 Kgs 20:29; 2 Kgs 13:7)
  7. Exodus 12:38 Literally “a large mixture” (compare Jer 25:20; Ezek 30:5)
  8. Exodus 12:40 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  9. Exodus 12:42 Or “observances”
  10. Exodus 12:42 Literally “sons/children of Israel”