Exodus 12 KJV Easy Read Bible

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The Passover Instituted

1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

2This month shall be to you^p the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you^p.

3Speak you^p to 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 a house:

4And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your^p count for the lamb.

5Your^p lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you^p shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

6And you^p 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. pen

7And 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.

8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. yeast-free

9Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs, and with the purtenance thereof. boiled; internal organs

10And you^p shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning you^p shall burn with fire.

11And thus shall you^p eat it; with your^p loins girded, your^p shoes on your^p feet, and your^p staff in your^p hand; and you^p shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.

12For 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. strike, kill

13And the blood shall be to you^p for a token upon the houses where you^p are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you^p, and the plague shall not be upon you^p to destroy you^p, when I smite the land of Egypt. sign

14And this day shall be to you^p for a memorial; and you^p shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your^p generations; you^p shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

15Seven days shall you^p eat unleavened bread; even the first day you^p shall put away leaven out of your^p houses: for whosoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. yeast; outlawed

16And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you^p; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you^p LUKE 23:56 | except

17And you^p shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your^p armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you^p observe this day in your^p generations by an ordinance for ever. masses of people; from generation to generation

18In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you^p shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at evening.

19Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your^p houses: for whosoever eats 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. 1�COR 5:8

20You^p shall eat nothing leavened; in all your^p habitations shall you^p eat unleavened bread.

21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out and take you^p a lamb according to your^p families, and kill the passover. HEB 11:28

22And you^p shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you^p shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. upper door post

23For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your^p houses to smite you^p. REV 9:4

24And you^p shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons for ever.

25And it shall come to pass, when you^p be come to the land which the Lord will give you^p, according as He has promised, that you^p shall keep this service.

26And it shall come to pass, when your^p children shall say to you^p, What mean you^p by this service?

27That you^p 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.

28And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

29And 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 to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

30And 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.

The Exodus

31And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you^p forth from among my people, both you^p and the children of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you^p have said.

32Also take your^p flocks and your^p herds, as you^p have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

33And 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.

34And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. bowls

35And 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: asked; clothing

36And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. gave; plundered

37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

39And 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. provisions

40Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. GAL 3:17 | dwelling time

41And 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.

42It is a night to be much observed to 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.

Passover Regulations

43And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

44But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

45A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.

46In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you^p break a bone thereof. JOHN 19:36

47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

48And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, 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. stay

49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and to the stranger that sojourns among you^p.

50Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

51And 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.

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