1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Exodus 12

1 The beginning of the year is changed. 3 The Passover is instituted. 11 The rite of the Passover. 15 Unleavened bread. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 37 They come to Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the Passover.

 12:1 Now the LORD 3068 said 559 to Moses 4872 and Aaron 175 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714,

 12:2 “This 2088 month 2320 shall be the beginning 7218 of months 2320 for you; it is to be the first 7223 month 2320 of the year 8141 to you.

 12:3 “Speak 1696 to all 3605 the congregation 5712 of Israel 3478, saying 559, ‘On the tenth 6218 of this 2088 month 2320 they are each 376 one 376 to take 3947 a lamb 7716 for themselves, according to their fathers’ 1 households 1004, a lamb 7716 for each household 1004.

 12:4 ‘Now if 518 the household 1004 is too 4480 small 4591 for a lamb 7716, then he and his neighbor 7934 nearest 7138 to his house 1004 are to take 3947 one according to the number 4373 of persons 5315 [in them]; according 6310 to what each 376 man 376 should eat 398, you are to divide 3699 the lamb 7716.

 12:5 ‘Your lamb 7716 shall be an unblemished 8549 male 2145 a year 8141 old 1121; you may take 3947 it from the sheep 3532 or from the goats 5795.

 12:6 ‘You shall keep 1961 4931 it until 5704 the fourteenth 702 6240 day 3117 of the same 2088 month 2320, then the whole 3605 assembly 6951 of the congregation 5712 of Israel 3478 is to kill 7819 it at twilight 6153.

 12:7 ‘Moreover, they shall take 3947 some 4480 of the blood 1818 and put 5414 it on the two 8147 doorposts 4201 and on the lintel 4947 of the houses 1004 in which 834 they eat 398 it.

 12:8 ‘They shall eat 398 the flesh 1320 that [same] night 3915, roasted 6748 with fire 784, and they shall eat 398 it with unleavened 4682 bread 4682 and bitter 4844 herbs 4844.

 12:9 ‘Do not eat 398 any 4480 of it raw 4995 or boiled 1310 at all 1310 with water 4325, but rather 3588 518 roasted 6748 with fire 784, [both] its head 7218 and its legs 3767 along 5921 with its entrails 7130.

 12:10 ‘And you shall not leave 3498 any 4480 of it over 3498 until 5704 morning 1242, but whatever is left 3498 of it until 5704 morning 1242, you shall burn 8313 with fire 784.

 12:11 ‘Now you shall eat 398 it in this 3602 manner 3602: [with] your loins 4975 girded 2296, your sandals 5275 on your feet 7272, and your staff 4731 in your hand 3027; and you shall eat 398 it in haste 2649—it is the LORD’S 3068 Passover 6453.

 12:12 ‘For I will go 5674a through 5674a the land 776 of Egypt 4714 on that night 3915, and will strike 5221 down 5221 all 3605 the firstborn 1060 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, both 4480 man 120 and beast 929; and against all 3605 the gods 430 of Egypt 4714 I will execute 6213a judgments 8201—I am the LORD 3068.

 12:13 ‘The blood 1818 shall be a sign 226 for you on the houses 1004 where 834 8033 you live; and when I see 7200 the blood 1818 I will pass 6452a over 5921 you, and no 3808 plague 5063 will befall 1961 you to destroy 7843 [you] when I strike 5221 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.

 12:14 ¶ ‘Now this 2088 day 3117 will be a memorial 2146 to you, and you shall celebrate 2287 it [as] a feast 2282 to the LORD 3068; throughout your generations 1755 you are to celebrate 2287 it [as] a permanent 5769 ordinance 2708.

 12:15 ‘Seven 7651 days 3117 you shall eat 398 unleavened 4682 bread 4682, but on the first 7223 day 3117 you shall remove 7673a leaven 7603 from your houses 1004; for whoever 3605 eats 398 anything leavened 2557 from the first 7223 day 3117 until 5704 the seventh 7637 day 3117, that person 5315 shall be cut 3772 off 3772 from Israel 3478.

 12:16 ‘On the first 7223 day 3117 you shall have a holy 6944 assembly 4744, and [another] holy 6944 assembly 4744 on the seventh 7637 day 3117; no 3808 work 4399 at all 3605 shall be done 6213a on them, except 389 what 834 must be eaten 398 by every 3605 person 5315, that alone 905 may be prepared 6213a by you.

 12:17 ‘You shall also observe 8104 the [Feast of] Unleavened 4682 Bread 4682, for on this 2088 very 6106 day 3117 I brought 3318 your hosts 6635 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714; therefore you shall observe 8104 this 2088 day 3117 throughout your generations 1755 as a permanent 5769 ordinance 2708.

 12:18 ‘In the first 7223 [month], on the fourteenth 702 6240 day 3117 of the month 2320 at evening 6153, you shall eat 398 unleavened 4682 bread 4682, until 5704 the twenty-first 6242 259 day 3117 of the month 2320 at evening 6153.

 12:19 ‘Seven 7651 days 3117 there shall be no 3808 leaven 7603 found 4672 in your houses 1004; for whoever 3605 eats 398 what 4263b is leavened 4263b, that person 5315 shall be cut 3772 off 3772 from the congregation 5712 of Israel 3478, whether [he is] an alien 1616 or a native 249 of the land 776.

 12:20 ‘You shall not eat 398 anything 3605 leavened 4263b; in all 3605 your dwellings 4186 you shall eat 398 unleavened 4682 bread 4682.’”

 12:21 ¶ Then Moses 4872 called 7121 for all 3605 the elders 2205 of Israel 3478 and said 559 to them, “Go 4900 and take 3947 for yourselves lambs 6629 according to your families 4940, and slay 7819 the Passover 6453 [lamb].

 12:22 “You shall take 3947 a bunch 92 of hyssop 231 and dip 2881 it in the blood 1818 which 834 is in the basin 5592a, and apply 5060 some 4480 of the blood 1818 that is in the basin 5592a to the lintel 4947 and the two 8147 doorposts 4201; and none 3808 376 of you shall go 3318 outside 3318 the door 6607 of his house 1004 until 5704 morning 1242.

 12:23 “For the LORD 3068 will pass 5674a through 5674a to smite 5062 the Egyptians 4714; and when He sees 7200 the blood 1818 on the lintel 4947 and on the two 8147 doorposts 4201, the LORD 3068 will pass 6452a over 5921 the door 6607 and will not allow 5414 the destroyer 7843 to come 935 in to your houses 1004 to smite 5062 [you].

 12:24 “And you shall observe 8104 this 2088 event 1697 as an ordinance 2706 for you and your children 1121 forever 5704 5769.

 12:25 “When 3588 you enter 935 the land 776 which 834 the LORD 3068 will give 5414 you, as He has promised 1696, you shall observe 8104 this 2088 rite 5656.

 12:26 “And when your children 1121 say 559 to you, ‘What 4100 does this 2088 rite 5656 mean to you?’

 12:27 you shall say 559, ‘It is a Passover 6453 sacrifice 2077 to the LORD 3068 who 834 passed 6452a over 5921 the houses 1004 of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 in Egypt 4714 when He smote 5062 the Egyptians 4714, but spared 5337 our homes 1004.’” And the people 5971a bowed 6915 low 6915 and worshiped 7812.

 12:28 ¶ Then the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 went 1980 and did 6213a [so]; just 3512c as the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 Moses 4872 and Aaron 175, so 3651 they did 6213a.

 12:29 ¶ Now it came 1961 about at midnight 2677 3915 that the LORD 3068 struck 5221 all 3605 the firstborn 1060 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, from the firstborn 1060 of Pharaoh 6547 who sat 3427 on his throne 3678 to the firstborn 1060 of the captive 7628b who 834 was in the dungeon 1004 953a, and all 3605 the firstborn 1060 of cattle 929.

 12:30 Pharaoh 6547 arose 6965 in the night 3915, he and all 3605 his servants 5650 and all 3605 the Egyptians 4714, and there was a great 1419 cry 6818 in Egypt 4714, for there 369 was no 369 home 1004 where 834 8033 there 369 was not someone dead 4191.

 12:31 Then he called 7121 for Moses 4872 and Aaron 175 at night 3915 and said 559, “Rise 6965 up, get 3318 out from among 8432 my people 5971a, both 1571 you and the sons 1121 of Israel 3478; and go 1980, worship 5647 the LORD 3068, as you have said 1696.

 12:32 “Take 3947 both 1571 your flocks 6629 and your herds 1241, as you have said 1696, and go 1980, and bless 1288 me also 1571.”

 12:33 The Egyptians 4714 urged 2388 5921 the people 5971a, to send 7971 them out of the land 776 in haste 4116, for they said 559, “We will all 3605 be dead 4191.”

 12:34 So the people 5971a took 5375 their dough 1217 before 2962 it was leavened 2556a, [with] their kneading 4863 bowls 4863 bound 6887a up in the clothes 8071 on their shoulders 7926.

 12:35 ¶ Now the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 had done 6213a according to the word 1697 of Moses 4872, for they had requested 7592 from the Egyptians 4714 articles 3627 of silver 3701 and articles 3627 of gold 2091, and clothing 8071;

 12:36 and the LORD 3068 had given 5414 the people 5971a favor 2580 in the sight 5869 of the Egyptians 4714, so that they let them have their request 7592. Thus they plundered 5337 the Egyptians 4714.

 12:37 ¶ Now the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 journeyed 5265 from Rameses 7486 to Succoth 5523, about six 8337a hundred 3967 thousand 505 men 1397 on foot 7273, aside 905 from children 2945.

 12:38 A mixed 6154a multitude 7227a also 1571 went 5927 up with them, along with flocks 6629 and herds 1241, a very 3966 large 3515 number 3515 of livestock 4735.

 12:39 They baked 644 the dough 1217 which 834 they had brought 3318 out of Egypt 4714 into cakes 5692 of unleavened 4682 bread 4682. For it had not become 2556a leavened 2556a, since 3588 they were driven 1644 out of Egypt 4714 and could 3201 not delay 4102, nor 1571 3808 had they prepared 6213a any 1571 provisions 6720 for themselves.

 12:40 ¶ Now the time 4186 that the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 lived 3427 in Egypt 4714 was four 702 hundred 3967 and thirty 7970 years 8141.

 12:41 And at the end 7093 of four 702 hundred 3967 and thirty 7970 years 8141, to the very 6106 day 3117, all 3605 the hosts 6635 of the LORD 3068 went 3318 out from the land 776 of Egypt 4714.

 12:42 It is a night 3915 to be observed 8107 for the LORD 3068 for having brought 3318 them out from the land 776 of Egypt 4714; this 2088 night 3915 is for the LORD 3068, to be observed 8107 by all 3605 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 throughout their generations 1755.

 12:43 ¶ The LORD 3068 said 559 to Moses 4872 and Aaron 175, “This 2088 is the ordinance 2708 of the Passover 6453: no 3605 3808 foreigner 1121 5236 is to eat 398 of it;

 12:44 but every 3605 man’s 376 slave 5650 purchased 4736 with money 3701, after you have circumcised 4135 him, then 227 he may eat 398 of it.

 12:45 “A sojourner 8453 or a hired 7916 servant 7916 shall not eat 398 of it.

 12:46 “It is to be eaten 398 in a single 259 house 1004; you are not to bring 3318 forth 3318 any 4480 of the flesh 1320 outside 2351 of the house 1004, nor 3808 are you to break 7665 any bone 6106 of it.

 12:47 “All 3605 the congregation 5712 of Israel 3478 are to celebrate 6213a this.

 12:48 “But if 3588 a stranger 1616 sojourns 1481a with you, and celebrates 6213a the Passover 6453 to the LORD 3068, let all 3605 his males 2145 be circumcised 4135, and then 227 let him come 7126 near 7126 to celebrate 6213a it; and he shall be like a native 249 of the land 776. But no 3605 3808 uncircumcised 6189 person may eat 398 of it.

 12:49 “The same 259 law 8451 shall apply 1961 to the native 249 as to the stranger 1616 who sojourns 1481a among 8432 you.”

 12:50 ¶ Then all 3605 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 did 6213a [so]; they did 6213a just 3512c as the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 Moses 4872 and Aaron 175.

 12:51 And on that same 6106 day 3117 the LORD 3068 brought 3318 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 out of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 by their hosts 6635.