Shamut 12

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 spake unto Mushah and Aharon in the land of Mitzrayim, saying,

"This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you."

"Speak ye unto all the congregation of Yashar'al, 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:"

"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."

"Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:"

"And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Yashar'al shall kill it in the evening."

"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."

"And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and mattzot (unleavened bread); and with bitter herbs they shall eat it."

"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."

"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."

"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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄's Pasach."

"For I will pass through the land of Mitzrayim this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Mitzrayim, both man and beast; and against all the lo alahiym of Mitzrayim I will execute judgment: I am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄."

"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 Mitzrayim."

"And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever."

"Seven days shall ye eat mattzot; 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 Yashar'al."

"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."

"And ye shall observe the feast of mattzot; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Mitzrayim: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever."

"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat mattzot, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even."

"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 Yashar'al, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land."

"Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat mattzot."

Then Mushah called for all the elders of Yashar'al, and said unto them, "Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover."

"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."

"For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 will pass through to smite the Mitzrites; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you."

"And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever."

"And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service."

"And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, 'What mean ye by this service?' "

"That ye shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄's Pasach, who passed over the houses of the children of Yashar'al in Mitzrayim, when he smote the Mitzrites, and delivered our houses.' " And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

And the children of Yashar'al went away, and did as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had commanded Mushah and Aharon, so did they.

And it came to pass, that at midnight 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 smote all the firstborn in the land of Mitzrayim, 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.

And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Mitzrites; and there was a great cry in Mitzrayim; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

And he called for Mushah and Aharon by night, and said, "Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Yashar'al; and go, serve 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, as ye have said."

"Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also."

And the Mitzrites were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, "We be all dead men."

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

And the children of Yashar'al did according to the word of Mushah; and they borrowed of the Mitzrites jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 gave the people favour in the sight of the Mitzrites, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled Mitzrayim.

And the children of Yashar'al journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

And they baked mattzot (unleavened cakes) of the dough which they brought forth out of Mitzrayim, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Mitzrayim, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

Now the sojourning of the children of Yashar'al, who dwelt in Mitzrayim, was four hundred and thirty years.

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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 went out from the land of Mitzrayim.

It is a night to be much observed unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 for bringing them out from the land of Mitzrayim: this is that night of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 to be observed of all the children of Yashar'al in their generations.

And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said unto Mushah and Aharon, "This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no stranger eat thereof:"

"But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof."

"A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof."

"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."

"All the congregation of Yashar'al shall keep it."

"And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, 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."

"One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you."

Thus did all the children of Yashar'al; as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 commanded Mushah and Aharon, so did they.

And it came to pass the selfsame day, that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 did bring the children of Yashar'al out of the land of Mitzrayim by their armies.