First Passover in Canaan

¹⁰ While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover ^(A)on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.

⁶ and you shall keep it until the ^(A)fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.^[a]

The Passover Celebrated

9 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, ^(A)in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ² “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time. ^3 (B)On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.” ⁴ So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover. ⁵ And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.

⁶ In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you ^(A)a sign for the house of Israel.”

^7 (B)And I did as I was commanded. ^(C)I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage at dusk, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

⁸ In the morning the word of the Lord came to me: ^9 (D)“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, ^(E)the rebellious house, said to you, ^(F)‘What are you doing?’ ¹⁰ Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns^{[a] (G)}the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.’^{[b] 11} Say, ^(H)‘I am a sign for you: ^(I)as I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’ ^12 (J)And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder at dusk, and shall go out. ^(K)They shall dig through the wall to bring him out through it. ^(L)He shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes. ^13 (M)And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And ^(N)I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, ^(O)yet he shall not see it, and he shall die there. ^14 (P)And I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, ^(Q)and I will unsheathe the sword after them. ^15 (R)And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries. ^16 (S)But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go, ^(T)and may know that I am the Lord.”

³ As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself ^(A)an exile's baggage, and go into exile by day ^(B)in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place ^(C)in their sight. ^(D)Perhaps they will understand, though^[a] they are a rebellious house.