Verse 21
Exodus 12:21
New Living Translation
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Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, “Go, pick out a lamb or young goat for each of your families, and slaughter the Passover animal.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה לְ/כָל זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֑ם מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ וּ/קְח֨וּ לָ/כֶ֥ם צֹ֛אן לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם וְ/שַׁחֲט֥וּ הַ/פָּֽסַח
English Translation
And Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families and slaughter the Passover."
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Chapter 12 Context
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While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the LORD gave the following instructions to Mo...
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“From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you.
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Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choos...
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If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborho...
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The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.
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“Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month...
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They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses...
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That same night they must roast the meat over a fire and eat it along with bitter salad greens and b...
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Do not eat any of the meat raw or boiled in water. The whole animal — including the head, legs, and...
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Do not leave any of it until the next morning. Burn whatever is not eaten before morning.
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“These are your instructions for eating this meal: Be fully dressed, wear your sandals, and carry yo...
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On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstbor...
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But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When...
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“This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a spe...
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For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. On the first day of the festival, remov...
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On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an offici...
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“Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out...
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The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first mon...
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During those seven days, there must be no trace of yeast in your homes. Anyone who eats anything mad...
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During those days you must not eat anything made with yeast. Wherever you live, eat only bread made...
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21
Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, “Go, pick out a lamb or young...
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Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush...
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For the LORD will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on...
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“Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever...
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When you enter the land the LORD has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremon...
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Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’
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And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the...
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So the people of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded through Moses and Aaron.
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And that night at midnight, the LORD struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from t...
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Pharaoh and all his officials and all the people of Egypt woke up during the night, and loud wailing...
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Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people — and tak...
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Take your flocks and herds, as you said, and be gone. Go, but bless me as you leave.”
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All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they...
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The Israelites took their bread dough before yeast was added. They wrapped their kneading boards in...
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And the people of Israel did as Moses had instructed; they asked the Egyptians for clothing and arti...
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The LORD caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites what...
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That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men,...
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A rabble of non-Israelites went with them, along with great flocks and herds of livestock.
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For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was mad...
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The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years.
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In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the LORD’s forces left the land.
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On this night the LORD kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night...
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Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the instructions for the festival of Passover. No...
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But any slave who has been purchased may eat it if he has been circumcised.
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Temporary residents and hired servants may not eat it.
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Each Passover lamb must be eaten in one house. Do not carry any of its meat outside, and do not brea...
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The whole community of Israel must celebrate this Passover festival.
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“If there are foreigners living among you who want to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, let all their m...
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This instruction applies to everyone, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner living among yo...
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So all the people of Israel followed all the LORD’s commands to Moses and Aaron.
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On that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.
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