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Éxodo 10-12
Dios Habla Hoy
Éxodo 10-12
Dios Habla Hoy
La plaga de langostas
10 El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
—Ve a ver al faraón, pues yo he hecho que él y sus funcionarios se pongan tercos para mostrarles las grandes maravillas que yo puedo hacer, 2 y para que tú les cuentes a tus hijos y nietos la forma en que me burlé de los egipcios, y las grandes maravillas que hice entre ellos. Así sabrán ustedes que yo soy el Señor.
3 Moisés y Aarón fueron a ver al faraón, y le dijeron:
—Así dice el Señor, el Dios de los hebreos: “¿Hasta cuándo te negarás a humillarte delante de mí? Deja ir a mi pueblo, para que me adore; 4 porque si te sigues oponiendo a dejarlo ir, mañana haré que vengan langostas sobre tu país, 5 las cuales cubrirán la tierra en tal cantidad que no se podrá ver el suelo. Se comerán lo poco que haya quedado después del granizo, y se comerán también todos los árboles del campo. 6 Llenarán tus palacios, y las casas de tus funcionarios, y las casas de todos los egipcios. ¡Será algo como nunca vieron tus padres ni tus abuelos desde sus días hasta los nuestros!”
Al terminar de hablar, Moisés dio media vuelta y salió del palacio del faraón. 7 Entonces los funcionarios del faraón dijeron:
—¿Hasta cuándo nos va a causar problemas este hombre? Deje Su Majestad que esa gente vaya a adorar a su Dios, el Señor. ¿Todavía no se da cuenta Su Majestad de que Egipto está arruinado?
8 El faraón mandó llamar otra vez a Moisés y Aarón, y les dijo:
—Vayan a adorar al Señor su Dios. Pero antes díganme quiénes van a ir.
9 Moisés contestó:
—Tenemos que ir con nuestros niños y ancianos, hijos e hijas, y con nuestras ovejas y vacas, pues para nosotros es una gran fiesta del Señor.
10 Pero el faraón les dijo:
—¡Claramente se ven sus malas intenciones! ¿Y ustedes creen que el Señor los va a acompañar, y que voy a dejar que ustedes y sus niños se vayan? 11 Pues no va a ser así. Vayan ustedes, los hombres adultos, a adorar al Señor, ya que eso es lo que quieren.
Y el faraón ordenó que los echaran de su presencia. 12 Pero el Señor le dijo a Moisés:
—Extiende tu brazo sobre Egipto, para que vengan las langostas y acaben con todas las plantas del país y con todo lo que quedó después del granizo.
13 Moisés extendió su brazo sobre Egipto, y el Señor hizo venir un viento del este que sopló sobre el país todo el día y toda la noche. Al día siguiente, el viento del este había traído las langostas, 14 las cuales invadieron todo el país. Nunca antes hubo, ni habrá después, tantas langostas como en aquel día, 15 pues cubrieron la tierra en tal cantidad que no se podía ver el suelo, y se comieron todas las plantas y toda la fruta que había quedado en los árboles después del granizo. No quedó nada verde en ningún lugar de Egipto: ni en el campo ni en los árboles.
16 El faraón mandó llamar inmediatamente a Moisés y Aarón, y les dijo:
—He pecado contra el Señor su Dios, y contra ustedes, 17 pero les ruego que tan sólo esta vez perdonen mi pecado, y que oren por mí al Señor su Dios, para que por lo menos aleje de mí esta plaga mortal.
18 En cuanto Moisés salió del palacio del faraón, oró al Señor. 19 Entonces el Señor cambió el rumbo del viento, y lo convirtió en un fuerte viento del oeste que se llevó las langostas y las echó en el Mar Rojo. No quedó en todo Egipto una sola langosta. 20 Pero el Señor hizo que el faraón se pusiera terco y que no dejara ir a los israelitas.
La plaga de la oscuridad
21 Entonces el Señor le dijo a Moisés:
—Extiende tu brazo hacia el cielo, para que en todo Egipto haya una oscuridad tan espesa que hasta se pueda tocar.
22 Moisés levantó su brazo hacia el cielo y hubo una oscuridad tan grande en todo Egipto 23 que, durante tres días, nadie podía ver a su vecino ni moverse de su lugar. En cambio, en todas las casas de los israelitas había luz.
24 Entonces el faraón mandó llamar a Moisés, y le dijo:
—Vayan a adorar al Señor, y llévense también a sus hijos; pero dejen aquí sus ovejas y sus vacas.
25 Pero Moisés contestó:
—Al contrario, tú mismo nos vas a dar los animales que vamos a sacrificar y quemar en honor del Señor nuestro Dios. 26 Además, nuestros ganados irán con nosotros. Ni un solo animal debe quedarse, porque tenemos que escoger algunos de ellos para rendir culto al Señor. Mientras no lleguemos allá, no sabremos qué vamos a necesitar para adorar al Señor.
27 Pero el Señor hizo que el faraón se pusiera terco y que no los dejara ir. 28 Además el faraón le dijo a Moisés:
—Vete de aquí, y cuídate bien de no venir a verme otra vez, porque el día que vuelvas a presentarte ante mí, morirás.
29 Y Moisés contestó:
—Bien dicho. No volveré a verte.
Anuncio de la muerte de los hijos mayores
11 El Señor le dijo a Moisés:
—Todavía voy a traer otra plaga sobre el faraón y los egipcios. Después de esto, el faraón no sólo va a dejar que ustedes salgan, sino que él mismo los va a echar de aquí. 2 Pero ahora diles a los israelitas, hombres y mujeres, que pidan a sus vecinos y vecinas objetos de oro y plata.
3 El Señor hizo que los egipcios fueran muy amables con los israelitas. Además, los funcionarios del faraón consideraban a Moisés como un hombre extraordinario, y lo mismo pensaban todos en Egipto.
4 Moisés dijo al faraón:
—Así ha dicho el Señor: “A la medianoche pasaré por todo Egipto, 5 y morirá el hijo mayor de cada familia egipcia, desde el hijo mayor del faraón que ocupa el trono, hasta el hijo mayor de la esclava que trabaja en el molino. También morirán todas las primeras crías de los animales. 6 En todo Egipto habrá gritos de dolor, como nunca los ha habido ni los volverá a haber.” 7 Y para que sepan ustedes que el Señor hace diferencia entre egipcios e israelitas, ni siquiera le ladrarán los perros a ningún hombre o animal de los israelitas. 8 Entonces vendrán a verme todos estos funcionarios tuyos, y de rodillas me pedirán: “Váyanse, tú y toda la gente que te sigue.” Antes de eso, no me iré.
Y muy enojado, Moisés salió de la presencia del faraón. 9 Después, el Señor le dijo a Moisés:
—El faraón no les va a hacer caso a ustedes, y así serán más las maravillas que yo haré en Egipto.
10 Moisés y Aarón hicieron todas estas maravillas delante del faraón, pero como el Señor lo había hecho ponerse terco, el faraón no dejó salir de Egipto a los israelitas.
La Pascua
12 El Señor habló en Egipto con Moisés y Aarón, y les dijo:
2 «Este mes será para ustedes el principal, el primer mes del año. 3 Díganle a toda la comunidad israelita lo siguiente: “El día diez de este mes, cada uno de ustedes tomará un cordero o un cabrito por familia, uno por cada casa. 4 Y si la familia es demasiado pequeña para comerse todo el animal, entonces el dueño de la casa y su vecino más cercano lo comerán juntos, repartiéndoselo según el número de personas que haya y la cantidad que cada uno pueda comer. 5 El animal deberá ser de un año, macho y sin defecto, y podrá ser un cordero o un cabrito. 6 Lo guardarán hasta el catorce de este mes, y ese día todos y cada uno en Israel lo matarán al atardecer. 7 Tomarán luego la sangre del animal y la untarán por todo el marco de la puerta de la casa donde coman el animal. 8 Esa noche comerán la carne asada al fuego, con hierbas amargas y pan sin levadura. 9 No coman ni un solo pedazo crudo o hervido. Todo el animal, lo mismo la cabeza que las patas y las entrañas, tiene que ser asado al fuego, 10 y no deben dejar nada para el día siguiente. Si algo se queda, deberán quemarlo. 11 Ya vestidos y calzados, y con el bastón en la mano, coman de prisa el animal, porque es la Pascua del Señor. 12 Esa noche yo pasaré por todo Egipto, y heriré de muerte al hijo mayor de cada familia egipcia y a las primeras crías de sus animales, y dictaré sentencia contra todos los dioses de Egipto. Yo, el Señor, lo he dicho.
13 »”La sangre les servirá para que ustedes señalen las casas donde se encuentren. Y así, cuando yo hiera de muerte a los egipcios, ninguno de ustedes morirá, pues veré la sangre y pasaré de largo. 14 Éste es un día que ustedes deberán recordar y celebrar con una gran fiesta en honor del Señor. Lo celebrarán como una ley permanente que pasará de padres a hijos. 15 Comerán pan sin levadura durante siete días; por lo tanto, desde el primer día no deberá haber levadura en sus casas. Cualquiera que coma pan con levadura durante estos siete días, será eliminado del pueblo de Israel. 16 Tanto el primer día como el séptimo deberán dedicarlos a una reunión santa. Esos días no se trabajará, a no ser para preparar la comida de cada persona. 17 La fiesta de los panes sin levadura es un día que ustedes deberán celebrar, porque en ese mismo día los saqué de Egipto a todos ustedes. Lo celebrarán como una ley permanente que pasará de padres a hijos. 18 Comerán pan sin levadura desde la tarde del día catorce del primer mes hasta la tarde del día veintiuno del mismo mes. 19 No deberá haber levadura en sus casas durante siete días, porque cualquiera que coma pan con levadura será eliminado de la comunidad israelita, tanto si es extranjero como si es del país. 20 Por lo tanto, no coman nada que tenga levadura. Dondequiera que ustedes vivan, deberán comer pan sin levadura.”»
21 Moisés mandó llamar a todos los ancianos israelitas y les dijo: «Vayan y tomen un cordero o un cabrito para sus familias, y mátenlo para celebrar la Pascua. 22 La sangre debe quedar en una palangana; tomen después un manojo de ramas de hisopo, mójenlo en la sangre, y unten la sangre por todo el marco de la puerta de la casa. Ninguno de ustedes debe salir de su casa antes del amanecer. 23 Cuando el Señor pase para herir de muerte a los egipcios, verá la sangre por todo el marco de la puerta, y pasará de largo por esa casa. Así el Señor no dejará que el destructor entre en las casas de ustedes. 24 Esta orden la respetarán ustedes y sus descendientes, como una ley eterna. 25 Cuando ustedes hayan entrado ya en la tierra que el Señor les va a dar, tal como lo ha prometido, deberán seguir celebrando esta ceremonia. 26 Y cuando sus hijos les pregunten: “¿Qué significa esta ceremonia?”, 27 ustedes deberán contestar: “Este animal se sacrifica en la Pascua, en honor del Señor. Cuando él hirió de muerte a los egipcios, pasó de largo por las casas de los israelitas que vivían en Egipto, y así salvó a nuestras familias.”»
Entonces los israelitas se inclinaron en actitud de adoración, 28 y luego fueron e hicieron todo tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés y Aarón.
La muerte de los hijos mayores
29 A medianoche el Señor hirió de muerte al hijo mayor de cada familia egipcia, lo mismo al hijo mayor del faraón que ocupaba el trono, que al hijo mayor del que estaba preso en la cárcel, y también a las primeras crías de los animales. 30 El faraón, sus funcionarios, y todos los egipcios, se levantaron esa noche, y hubo grandes gritos de dolor en todo Egipto. No había una sola casa donde no hubiera algún muerto. 31 Esa misma noche el faraón mandó llamar a Moisés y Aarón, y les dijo:
—Váyanse, apártense de mi gente, ustedes y los israelitas. Vayan a adorar al Señor, tal como dijeron. 32 Llévense también sus ovejas y vacas, como querían, y váyanse. Y rueguen a Dios por mí.
33 Los egipcios apuraron a los israelitas para que se fueran pronto de su país, pues pensaban que todos iban a morir. 34 Los israelitas sacaron la masa, todavía sin levadura, y con artesa y todo la envolvieron en sus ropas y se la echaron al hombro. 35 Además, siguiendo las órdenes de Moisés, les pidieron a los egipcios objetos de oro y plata, y vestidos. 36 El Señor hizo que los egipcios dieran de buena gana todo lo que los israelitas pedían, y así los israelitas despojaron a los egipcios.
Los israelitas salen de Egipto
37 Los israelitas salieron de Ramsés a Sucot. Sin contar mujeres y niños, eran como seiscientos mil hombres de a pie, en edad militar. 38 Con ellos se fue muchísima gente de toda clase, además de muchas ovejas y vacas. 39 Como no habían tenido tiempo de preparar comida, pues los egipcios los habían echado de su país, hicieron tortas sin levadura con la masa que habían sacado de Egipto, la cual estaba sin fermentar.
40 Los israelitas habían vivido en Egipto cuatrocientos treinta años, 41 y el mismo día en que se cumplieron los cuatrocientos treinta años, todos los ejércitos del Señor salieron de aquel país. 42 Esa noche el Señor estuvo vigilante para sacarlos de Egipto. Esa es la noche del Señor, la noche en que, en su honor, los israelitas también deberán estar vigilantes, generación tras generación.
Leyes acerca de la Pascua
43 El Señor les dijo a Moisés y Aarón:
«Ésta es la ley para la Pascua: Ningún extranjero podrá comer del animal sacrificado, 44 pero el esclavo comprado por dinero sí podrá comer de él, si ha sido circuncidado antes. 45 Ningún extranjero, ya sea que esté de paso o que viva como asalariado, podrá comer del animal, 46 el cual deberá comerse en una sola casa. No se sacará de la casa ni un solo pedazo de carne del animal sacrificado, ni se le quebrarán los huesos. 47 Esto lo hará toda la comunidad israelita. 48 Sin embargo, si un extranjero vive entre ustedes y quiere celebrar la Pascua en honor del Señor, primero ha de hacer que se circunciden todos los hombres de su familia, y después podrá celebrarla, pues entonces será como los nacidos en el país. Pero no podrá comer del animal nadie que no esté circuncidado. 49 La misma ley se aplicará a los nacidos en el país y a los extranjeros que vivan entre ustedes.»
50 Los israelitas lo hicieron todo tal como el Señor se lo había ordenado a Moisés y Aarón. 51 Aquel mismo día, el Señor sacó de Egipto a los ejércitos israelitas.
Exodus 10-12
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Exodus 10-12
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The Plague of Locusts
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart(A) and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these signs(B) of mine among them 2 that you may tell your children(C) and grandchildren how I dealt harshly(D) with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.”(E)
3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble(F) yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 4 If you refuse(G) to let them go, I will bring locusts(H) into your country tomorrow. 5 They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left(I) after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields.(J) 6 They will fill your houses(K) and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.’”(L) Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
7 Pharaoh’s officials said to him, “How long will this man be a snare(M) to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?”(N)
8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship(O) the Lord your God,” he said. “But tell me who will be going.”
9 Moses answered, “We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival(P) to the Lord.”
10 Pharaoh said, “The Lord be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil.[a] 11 No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.” Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand(Q) over Egypt so that locusts swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields, everything left by the hail.”
13 So Moses stretched out his staff(R) over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts;(S) 14 they invaded all Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts,(T) nor will there ever be again. 15 They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured(U) all that was left after the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
16 Pharaoh quickly summoned(V) Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned(W) against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now forgive(X) my sin once more and pray(Y) to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.”
18 Moses then left Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord.(Z) 19 And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea.[b] Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt. 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(AA) and he would not let the Israelites go.
The Plague of Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness(AB) spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness(AC) covered all Egypt for three days. 23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.(AD)
24 Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go,(AE) worship the Lord. Even your women and children(AF) may go with you; only leave your flocks and herds behind.”(AG)
25 But Moses said, “You must allow us to have sacrifices and burnt offerings(AH) to present to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock too must go with us; not a hoof is to be left behind. We have to use some of them in worshiping the Lord our God, and until we get there we will not know what we are to use to worship the Lord.”
27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(AI) and he was not willing to let them go. 28 Pharaoh said to Moses, “Get out of my sight! Make sure you do not appear before me again! The day you see my face you will die.”
29 “Just as you say,” Moses replied. “I will never appear(AJ) before you again.”
The Plague on the Firstborn
11 Now the Lord had said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. After that, he will let you go(AK) from here, and when he does, he will drive you out completely.(AL) 2 Tell the people that men and women alike are to ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”(AM) 3 (The Lord made the Egyptians favorably disposed(AN) toward the people, and Moses himself was highly regarded(AO) in Egypt by Pharaoh’s officials and by the people.)
4 So Moses said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘About midnight(AP) I will go throughout Egypt.(AQ) 5 Every firstborn(AR) son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill,(AS) and all the firstborn of the cattle as well. 6 There will be loud wailing(AT) throughout Egypt—worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. 7 But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction(AU) between Egypt and Israel. 8 All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go,(AV) you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.”(AW) Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.
9 The Lord had said to Moses, “Pharaoh will refuse to listen(AX) to you—so that my wonders(AY) may be multiplied in Egypt.” 10 Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart,(AZ) and he would not let the Israelites go out of his country.
The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread(BA)
12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “This month is to be for you the first month,(BB) the first month of your year. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[c](BC) for his family, one for each household.(BD) 4 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. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(BE) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(BF) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.(BG) 7 Then they are to take some of the blood(BH) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night(BI) they are to eat the meat roasted(BJ) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,(BK) and bread made without yeast.(BL) 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.(BM) 10 Do not leave any of it till morning;(BN) 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;(BO) it is the Lord’s Passover.(BP)
12 “On that same night I will pass through(BQ) Egypt and strike down(BR) every firstborn(BS) of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods(BT) of Egypt. I am the Lord.(BU) 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(BV) you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.(BW)
14 “This is a day you are to commemorate;(BX) for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.(BY) 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast.(BZ) 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(CA) from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work(CB) 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,(CC) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt.(CD) Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(CE) 18 In the first month(CF) 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(CG) or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off(CH) from the community of Israel. 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live,(CI) you must eat unleavened bread.”(CJ)
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(CK) lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop,(CL) dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood(CM) 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(CN) down the Egyptians, he will see the blood(CO) on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over(CP) that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer(CQ) to enter your houses and strike you down.
24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance(CR) for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land(CS) that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children(CT) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(CU) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(CV) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(CW) 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded(CX) Moses and Aaron.
29 At midnight(CY) the Lord(CZ) struck down all the firstborn(DA) 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(DB) as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(DC) 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(DD) the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds,(DE) as you have said, and go. And also bless(DF) me.”
33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry(DG) and leave(DH) the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”(DI) 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs(DJ) wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold(DK) and for clothing.(DL) 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed(DM) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered(DN) the Egyptians.
37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(DO) to Sukkoth.(DP) There were about six hundred thousand men(DQ) on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people(DR) 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(DS) of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.
40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[d] was 430 years.(DT) 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions(DU) left Egypt.(DV) 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.(DW)
Passover Restrictions
43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal:(DX)
“No foreigner(DY) may eat it. 44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(DZ) him, 45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker(EA) 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.(EB) 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.(EC) No uncircumcised(ED) male may eat it. 49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner(EE) residing among you.”
50 All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded(EF) Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt(EG) by their divisions.(EH)
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:10 Or Be careful, trouble is in store for you!
- Exodus 10:19 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Exodus 12:3 The Hebrew word can mean lamb or kid; also in verse 4.
- Exodus 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan
Exodus 10-12
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Exodus 10-12
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10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.
3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go?
9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord.
10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you.
11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
14 And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.
17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord.
19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.
22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
23 They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God.
26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.
27 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.
28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.
11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.
3 And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
10 And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
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 10-12
New King James Version
Exodus 10-12
New King James Version
The Eighth Plague: Locusts(A)
10 Now the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh; (B)for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his servants, (C)that I may show these signs of Mine before him, 2 and that (D)you may tell in the hearing of your son and your son’s son the mighty things I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have done among them, that you may (E)know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to (F)humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may (G)serve Me. 4 Or else, if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring (H)locusts into your territory. 5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and (I)they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field. 6 They shall (J)fill your houses, the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians—which neither your fathers nor your fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day.’ ” And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh’s (K)servants said to him, “How long shall this man be (L)a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet know that Egypt is destroyed?”
8 So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh, and he said to them, “Go, serve the Lord your God. Who are the ones that are going?”
9 And Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we will go, for (M)we must hold a feast to the Lord.”
10 Then he said to them, “The Lord had better be with you when I let you and your little ones go! Beware, for evil is ahead of you. 11 Not so! Go now, you who are men, and serve the Lord, for that is what you desired.” And they were driven (N)out from Pharaoh’s presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, (O)“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and (P)eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. 14 And (Q)the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and rested on all the territory of Egypt. They were very severe; (R)previously there had been no such locusts as they, nor shall there be such after them. 15 For they (S)covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they (T)ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
16 Then Pharaoh called (U)for Moses and Aaron in haste, and said, (V)“I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. 17 Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and (W)entreat[a] the Lord your God, that He may take away from me this death only.” 18 So he (X)went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a very strong west wind, which took the locusts away and blew them (Y)into the Red Sea. There remained not one locust in all the territory of Egypt. 20 But the Lord (Z)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go.
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AA)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, [b]darkness which may even be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was (AB)thick darkness in all the land of Egypt (AC)three days. 23 They did not see one another; nor did anyone rise from his place for three days. (AD)But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.
24 Then Pharaoh called to Moses and (AE)said, “Go, serve the Lord; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back. Let your (AF)little ones also go with you.”
25 But Moses said, “You must also give [c]us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our (AG)livestock also shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind. For we must take some of them to serve the Lord our God, and even we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.”
27 But the Lord (AH)hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, (AI)“Get away from me! Take heed to yourself and see my face no more! For in the day you see my face you shall die!”
29 So Moses said, “You have spoken well. (AJ)I will never see your face again.”
Death of the Firstborn Announced(AK)
11 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. (AL)Afterward he will let you go from here. (AM)When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out of here altogether. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor and every woman from her neighbor, (AN)articles of silver and articles of gold.” 3 (AO)And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man (AP)Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants and in the sight of the people.
4 Then Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: (AQ)‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; 5 and (AR)all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the animals. 6 (AS)Then there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, (AT)such as was not like it before, nor shall be like it again. 7 (AU)But against none of the children of Israel (AV)shall a dog [d]move its tongue, against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord does make a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’ 8 And (AW)all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will go out.” (AX)Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.
9 But the Lord said to Moses, (AY)“Pharaoh will not heed you, so that (AZ)My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.” 10 So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh; (BA)and the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
The Passover Instituted(BB)
12 Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 (BC)“This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the (BD)tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be (BE)without[e] blemish, a male [f]of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 Now you shall keep it until the (BF)fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. 7 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. 8 Then they shall eat the flesh on that (BG)night; (BH)roasted in fire, with (BI)unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but (BJ)roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails. 10 (BK)You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire. 11 And thus you shall eat it: [g]with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. (BL)It is the Lord’s Passover.
12 ‘For I (BM)will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and (BN)against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: (BO)I am the Lord. 13 Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
14 ‘So this day shall be to you (BP)a memorial; and you shall keep it as a (BQ)feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast (BR)by an everlasting ordinance. 15 (BS)Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, (BT)that [h]person shall be [i]cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day there shall be (BU)a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall be done on them; but that which everyone must eat—that only may be prepared by you. 17 So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for (BV)on this same day I will have brought your [j]armies (BW)out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance. 18 (BX)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 For (BY)seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”
21 Then (BZ)Moses called for all the (CA)elders of Israel and said to them, (CB)“Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 (CC)And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and (CD)strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning. 23 (CE)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the (CF)blood on the [k]lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (CG)not allow (CH)the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. 24 And you shall (CI)observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. 25 It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, (CJ)just as He promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 (CK)And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 that you shall say, (CL)‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people (CM)bowed their heads and worshiped. 28 Then the children of Israel went away and (CN)did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn(CO)
29 (CP)And it came to pass at midnight that (CQ)the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was [l]in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of (CR)livestock. 30 So Pharaoh rose in the night, he, 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.
The Exodus
31 Then he (CS)called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise, go out from among my people, (CT)both you and the children of Israel. And go, serve the Lord as you have (CU)said. 32 (CV)Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.”
33 (CW)And the Egyptians (CX)urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. 35 Now the children of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, and they had asked from the Egyptians (CY)articles of silver, articles of gold, and clothing. 36 (CZ)And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus (DA)they plundered the Egyptians.
37 Then (DB)the children of Israel journeyed from (DC)Rameses to Succoth, about (DD)six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. 38 A (DE)mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of (DF)livestock. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because (DG)they were driven out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves.
40 Now the [m]sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in [n]Egypt was (DH)four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years—on that very same day—it came to pass that (DI)all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is (DJ)a [o]night of solemn observance to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the Lord, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
Passover Regulations(DK)
43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is (DL)the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. 44 But every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have (DM)circumcised him, then he may eat it. 45 (DN)A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. 46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, (DO)nor shall you break one of its bones. 47 (DP)All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And (DQ)when a stranger [p]dwells with you and wants to 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 a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. 49 (DR)One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.”
50 Thus all the children of Israel did; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. 51 (DS)And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the Lord brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt (DT)according to their armies.
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:17 make supplication to
- Exodus 10:21 Lit. that one may feel the darkness
- Exodus 10:25 Lit. into our hands
- Exodus 11:7 sharpen
- Exodus 12:5 perfect or sound
- Exodus 12:5 a year old
- Exodus 12:11 Made ready to travel
- Exodus 12:15 soul
- Exodus 12:15 Put to death
- Exodus 12:17 hosts
- Exodus 12:23 Crosspiece at top of door
- Exodus 12:29 in prison
- Exodus 12:40 Length of the stay
- Exodus 12:40 Sam., LXX Egypt and Canaan
- Exodus 12:42 night of vigil
- Exodus 12:48 As a resident alien
Exodus 10-12
English Standard Version
Exodus 10-12
English Standard Version
The Eighth Plague: Locusts
10 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, 2 and (A)that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians and what signs I have done among them, (B)that you may know that I am the Lord.”
3 So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to (C)humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 For if you refuse to let my people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring (D)locusts into your country, 5 and they shall cover the face of the land, so that no one can see the land. And they shall (E)eat what is left to you after the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field, 6 and they shall fill (F)your houses and the houses of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.’” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
7 Then Pharaoh's servants said to him, “How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not yet understand that Egypt is ruined?” 8 So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. And he said to them, (G)“Go, serve the Lord your God. But which ones are to go?” 9 Moses said, “We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for (H)we must hold a feast to the Lord.” 10 But he said to them, “The Lord be with you, if ever I let you and your (I)little ones go! Look, you have some evil purpose in mind.[a] 11 No! Go, the men among you, and serve the Lord, for that is what you are asking.” And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, (J)“Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and (K)eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts. 14 (L)The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, (M)such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before, nor ever will be again. 15 They covered the face of the whole land, so that the land was darkened, and (N)they ate all the plants in the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Not a green thing remained, neither tree nor plant of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, (O)“I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and (P)plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.” 18 So (Q)he went out from Pharaoh and pleaded with the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned the wind into a very strong west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them (R)into the Red Sea. Not a single locust was left in all the country of Egypt. 20 But the Lord (S)hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go.
The Ninth Plague: Darkness
21 Then the Lord said to Moses, (T)“Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be (U)darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward heaven, and there was pitch darkness in all the land of Egypt three days. 23 They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but (V)all the people of Israel had light where they lived. 24 Then Pharaoh called Moses and said, (W)“Go, serve the Lord; (X)your little ones also may go with you; only let your flocks and your herds remain behind.” 25 But Moses said, “You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. 26 Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the Lord our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there.” 27 But the Lord (Y)hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 Then Pharaoh said to him, “Get away from me; take care never to see my face again, for on the day you see my face you shall die.” 29 Moses said, “As you say! (Z)I will not see your face again.”
A Final Plague Threatened
11 The Lord said to Moses, “Yet (AA)one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. (AB)When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely. 2 Speak now in the hearing of the people, that (AC)they ask, every man of his neighbor and every woman of her neighbor, for silver and gold jewelry.” 3 (AD)And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.
4 So Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: (AE)‘About midnight I will go out in the midst of Egypt, 5 and every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is (AF)behind the handmill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. 6 (AG)There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. 7 But not a dog shall growl (AH)against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, that you may know that the Lord (AI)makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’ 8 And (AJ)all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, ‘Get out, you and all the people who follow you.’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 Then the Lord said to Moses, (AK)“Pharaoh will not listen to you, that (AL)my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
10 Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, and the Lord (AM)hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land.
The Passover
12 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 (AN)“This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb (AO)according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be (AP)without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, 6 and you shall keep it until the (AQ)fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.[b]
7 “Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the (AR)two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with (AS)unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but (AT)roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10 And (AU)you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11 In this manner you shall eat it: with (AV)your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. (AW)It is the Lord's Passover. 12 For (AX)I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on (AY)all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: (AZ)I am the Lord. 13 (BA)The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
14 “This day shall be (BB)for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a (BC)statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. 15 (BD)Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, (BE)that person shall be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day you shall hold a (BF)holy assembly, and on the seventh day a holy assembly. No work shall be done on those days. But what everyone needs to eat, that alone may be prepared by you. 17 And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for (BG)on this very day I brought your (BH)hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever. 18 (BI)In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 (BJ)For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, (BK)that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, (BL)whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread.”
21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves (BM)according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of (BN)hyssop and (BO)dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch (BP)the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. (BQ)None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 (BR)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on (BS)the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (BT)will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. 25 And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, (BU)as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And (BV)when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, (BW)‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people (BX)bowed their heads and worshiped.
28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn
29 (BY)At midnight the (BZ)Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, (CA)from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was (CB)a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. 31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, (CC)both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. 32 (CD)Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”
The Exodus
33 (CE)The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had (CF)asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 (CG)And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that (CH)they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
37 And the (CI)people of Israel journeyed from (CJ)Rameses to Succoth, (CK)about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 A (CL)mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because (CM)they were thrust out of Egypt and (CN)could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.
40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of (CO)430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a (CP)night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.
Institution of the Passover
43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every slave[c] that is (CQ)bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 (CR)No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and (CS)you shall not break any of its bones. 47 (CT)All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 (CU)If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he (CV)shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 There shall be (CW)one law for the native and for the (CX)stranger who sojourns among you.”
50 All the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the (CY)Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their (CZ)hosts.
Footnotes
- Exodus 10:10 Hebrew before your face
- Exodus 12:6 Hebrew between the two evenings
- Exodus 12:44 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)
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