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January 31
yeast they had brought from Egypt. It
was made without yeast because the
people were driven out of Egypt in
such a hurry that they had no time to
prepare the bread or other food.
40 The people of Israel had lived in
Egypt* for 430 years. 41 In fact, it was
on the last day of the 430th year that
all the Lord’s forces left the land. 42 On
this night the Lord kept his promise
to bring his people out of the land of
Egypt. So this night belongs to him,
and it must be commemorated e very
year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation.
43 Then the Lord said to Moses and
Aaron, “These are the instructions for
the festival of Passover. No outsiders
are allowed to eat the Passover meal.
44 But any slave who has been purchased may eat it if he has been circumcised. 45 Temporary residents and
hired servants may not eat it. 46 Each
Passover lamb must be eaten in one
house. Do not carry any of its meat outside, and do not break any of its bones.
47 The whole community of Israel must
celebrate this Passover festival.
48 “If there are foreigners living
among you who want to celebrate the
Lord’s Passover, let all their males
be circumcised. Only then may they
celebrate the Passover with you like
any native-born Israelite. But no un
circumcised male may ever eat the Passover meal. 49 This instruction applies to
everyone, whether a native-born Isra
elite or a foreigner living among you.”
50 So all the people of Is
rael followed all the Lord’s commands to
Moses and Aaron. 51 On that very day
the Lord brought the people of Israel
out of the land of Egypt like an army.
13:1 Then
the Lord said to M
oses,
to me
every firstborn
among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and
animals, belongs to me.”
3 So Moses said to the people, “This
is a day to remember forever—the day
you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the Lord has brought you
out by the power of his mighty hand.
2 “Dedicate
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(Remember, eat no food containing
yeast.) 4 On this day in early spring,
in the month of Abib,* you have been
set free. 5 You must celebrate this
event in this month each year after
the Lord brings you into the land of
the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites,
Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to
your ancestors that he would give you
this land—a land flowing with milk
and honey.) 6 For seven days the bread
you eat must be made without yeast.
Then on the seventh day, celebrate a
feast to the Lord. 7 Eat bread without
yeast during those seven days. In fact,
there must be no yeast bread or any
yeast at all found within the borders
of your land during this time.
8 “On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating what the Lord did for me when I
left Egypt.’ 9 This annual festival will
be a visible sign to you, like a mark
branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the Lord: ‘With
a strong hand, the Lord rescued you
from Egypt.’* 10 So observe the decree
of this festival at the appointed time
each year.
11 “This is what you must do when
the Lord fulfills the promise he
swore to you and to your ancestors.
When he gives you the land where
the Canaanites now live, 12 you must
present all firstborn sons and firstborn
male animals to the Lord, for they
belong to him. 13 A firstborn donkey
may be bought back from the Lord by
presenting a lamb or young goat in its
place. But if you do not buy it back,
you must break its neck. However, you
must buy back every firstborn son.
14 “And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all
this mean?’ Then you will tell them,
‘With the power of his mighty hand,
the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the
place of our slavery. 15 Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the
Lord killed all the firstborn males
throughout the land of Egypt, both
people and animals. That is why I
now sacrifice all the firstborn males
