Exodus 12 Parallel Bible

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1	The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:	The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,	The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,
2	“This month will be for you the beginning of the months. It will be first in the months of the year.	“This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.	“This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.
3	Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month, let everyone take a lamb, by their families and houses.	Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household.	Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.
4	But if the number is less than may suffice to be able to consume the lamb, he shall accept his neighbor, who has been joined with his house according to the number of souls that may suffice to be able to eat the lamb.	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.	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	And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a one year old male. According to this rite, you shall also take a young goat.	Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,	The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
6	And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. And the entire multitude of the sons of Israel shall immolate it toward evening.	and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.	Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
7	And they shall take from its blood, and place it on both the door posts and the upper threshold of the houses, in which they will consume it.	“Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.	Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
8	And that night they shall eat the flesh, roasted by fire, and unleavened bread with wild lettuce.	They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.	That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast.
9	You shall not consume anything from it raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted by fire. You shall devour the head with its feet and entrails.	Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.	Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.
10	Neither shall there remain anything from it until morning. If anything will have been left over, you shall burn it with fire.	And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.	Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it.
11	Now you shall consume it in this way: You shall gird your waist, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall consume it in haste. For it is the Passover (that is, the Crossing) of the Lord.	In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD’s Passover.	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; it is the LORD’s Passover.
12	And I will cross through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from man, even to cattle. And I will bring judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.	For 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 all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.	“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
13	But the blood will be for you as a sign in the buildings where you will be. And I will see the blood, and I will pass over you. And the plague will not be with you to destroy, when I strike the land of Egypt.	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.	The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
14	Then you shall have this day as a memorial, and you shall celebrate it as a solemnity to the Lord, in your generations, as an everlasting devotion.	“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.	“This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD—a lasting ordinance.
15	For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day there shall be no leaven in your houses. Whoever will consume anything leavened, from the first day, even until the seventh day, that soul shall perish from Israel.	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, that person shall be cut off from Israel.	For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. 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 from Israel.
16	The first day shall be holy and solemn, and the seventh day shall be venerated with the same festivity. You shall do no work in these days, except that which pertains to the eating.	On the first day you shall hold a 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.	On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.
17	And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. For on this same day, I will lead your army out of the land of Egypt, and you shall keep this day, in your generations, as a perpetual ritual.	And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever.	“Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.
18	In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, toward evening, you shall consume the unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the same month, toward evening.	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.	In the first month 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, there shall not be found leaven in your houses. Whoever will eat leaven, his soul will perish from the assembly of Israel, as much with the newcomers as with the natives of the land.	For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.	For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel.
20	You shall not consume any leaven. In all your dwelling places, you shall eat unleavened bread.”	You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread.”	Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”
21	Then Moses called all the elders of the sons of Israel, and he said to them: “Go, taking an animal by your families, and sacrifice the Passover.	Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb.	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 lamb.
22	And dip a little bundle of hyssop in the blood which is at the entrance, and sprinkle the upper threshold with it, and both of the door posts. Let none of you go out of the door of his house until morning.	Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.	Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood 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	For the Lord will cross through, striking the Egyptians. And when he will see the blood on the upper threshold, and on both the door posts, he will pass over the door of the house and not permit the Striker to enter into your houses or to do harm.	For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.	When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
24	You shall keep this word as a law for you and for your sons, forever.	You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.	“Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.
25	And when you have entered into the land that the Lord will give to you, just as he has promised, you shall observe these ceremonies.	And when you come to the land that the LORD will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service.	When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony.
26	And when your sons will say to you, ‘What is the meaning of this religious observance?’	And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’	And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’
27	You shall say to them: ‘It is the victim of the crossing of the Lord, when he passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt, striking the Egyptians, and freeing our houses.’ ” And the people, bowing down, worshipped.	you shall say, ‘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 bowed their heads and worshiped.	then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
28	And the sons of Israel, departing, did just as the Lord had instructed Moses and Aaron.	Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.	The Israelites did just what the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron.
29	Then it happened, in the middle of the night: the Lord struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the captive woman who was in prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle.	At midnight the LORD struck down 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 in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.	At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn 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 as well.
30	And Pharaoh rose up in the night, and all his servants, and all of Egypt. And there arose a great outcry in Egypt. For there was not a house in which no one lay dead.	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 someone was not dead.	Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
31	And Pharaoh, calling Moses and Aaron in the night, said: “Rise up and go forth from among my people, you and the sons of Israel. Go, sacrifice to the Lord, just as you say.	Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said.	During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
32	Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you requested, and as you go away, bless me.”	Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”	Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And also bless me.”
33	And the Egyptians urged the people to go away from the land quickly, saying, “We will all die.”	The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.”	The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”
34	Therefore, the people took bread dough before it was leavened. And tying it in their cloaks, they placed it on their shoulders.	So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders.	So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs wrapped in clothing.
35	And the sons of Israel did just as Moses had instructed. And they petitioned the Egyptians for vessels of silver and of gold, and very many garments.	The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing.	The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold and for clothing.
36	Then the Lord granted favor to the people in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they bestowed on them. And they despoiled the Egyptians.	And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.	The LORD had made the Egyptians favorably disposed toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered the Egyptians.
37	And the sons of Israel set out from Rameses to Soccoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides little ones.	And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.	The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
38	But also an innumerable mix of common people ascended with them, sheep and herds and animals of diverse kinds, exceedingly many.	A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds.	Many other people went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
39	And they baked the bread, which a little while ago they had taken out of Egypt as dough. And they made unleavened bread baked under ashes. For it was not able to be leavened, with the Egyptians compelling them to leave and not permitting them to cause any delay. Neither did they have occasion to prepare any meat.	And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.	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 of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.
40	Now the habitation of the sons of Israel, while they remained in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.	The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years.	Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.
41	Having been completed, on the same day all the army of the Lord departed from the land of Egypt.	At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.	At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions left Egypt.
42	This night is a worthy observance of the Lord, when he led them out of the land of Egypt. This all the sons of Israel must observe in their generations.	It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the LORD by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.	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.
43	And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron: “This is the religious observance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat from it.	And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,	The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal: “No foreigner may eat it.
44	But every bought servant shall be circumcised, and so he may eat from it.	but every slave that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him.	Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him,
45	The newcomer and the hired hand shall not eat from it.	No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it.	but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.
46	In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry its flesh outside, nor shall you break its bone.	It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.	“It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.
47	The entire assembly of the sons of Israel shall do this.	All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.	The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.
48	And if any sojourner will be willing to cross over into your settlement, and to keep the Passover of the Lord, all his males shall first be circumcised, and then he shall celebrate the rite. And he shall be just like a native of the land. But if any man is not circumcised, he shall not eat from it.	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 shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.	“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. No uncircumcised male may eat it.
49	The law shall be the same for the native born and for the settler who sojourns with you.”	There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”	The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.”
50	And all the sons of Israel did just as the Lord had instructed Moses and Aaron.	All the people of Israel did just as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron.	All the Israelites did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
51	And on the same day, the Lord led the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their companies.	And on that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.	And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
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