Exodus 12:1-14.
Exodus 12.1-14
The Passover
"Some time later the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This month is to be
the first month of the year for you. Tell the people of Israel that
on the tenth day of this month the head of each family must choose a
lamb or a young goat for his family to eat. - If any family is too
small to eat the whole animal, they must share it with their next-door
neighbors. Choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a
one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. And it must be large
enough for everyone to have some of the meat. Each family must take
care of its animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of the
month, when the animals are to be killed. Some of the blood must be
put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the
animals are to be eaten. That night the animals are to be roasted and
eaten, together with bitter herbs and thin bread made without yeast.
Don't eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its
head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. Eat what you want that
night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. When you eat the
meal, be dressed and ready to travel. Have your sandals on, carry your
walking stick in your hand, and eat quickly. This is the Passover
Festival in honor of me, your Lord. That same night I will pass
through Egypt and kill the first-born son in every family and the
first-born male of all animals. I am the Lord, and I will punish the
gods of Egypt. The blood on the houses will show me where you live,
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. Then you won't be
bothered by the terrible disasters I will bring on Egypt.
Remember this day and celebrate it each year as a festival in my honor."
God bless you.
The Passover
"Some time later the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This month is to be
the first month of the year for you. Tell the people of Israel that
on the tenth day of this month the head of each family must choose a
lamb or a young goat for his family to eat. - If any family is too
small to eat the whole animal, they must share it with their next-door
neighbors. Choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a
one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. And it must be large
enough for everyone to have some of the meat. Each family must take
care of its animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of the
month, when the animals are to be killed. Some of the blood must be
put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the
animals are to be eaten. That night the animals are to be roasted and
eaten, together with bitter herbs and thin bread made without yeast.
Don't eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its
head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. Eat what you want that
night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. When you eat the
meal, be dressed and ready to travel. Have your sandals on, carry your
walking stick in your hand, and eat quickly. This is the Passover
Festival in honor of me, your Lord. That same night I will pass
through Egypt and kill the first-born son in every family and the
first-born male of all animals. I am the Lord, and I will punish the
gods of Egypt. The blood on the houses will show me where you live,
and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. Then you won't be
bothered by the terrible disasters I will bring on Egypt.
Remember this day and celebrate it each year as a festival in my honor."
God bless you.
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