Moses & The Exodus

A night of watchings it is to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it is this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, `This is a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it;

and any man's servant, the purchase of money, when thou hast circumcised him--then he doth eat of it;

a settler or hired servant doth not eat of it;

in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house any of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it;

all the company of Israel do keep it.

`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee, and hath made a passover to Jehovah, every male of his is to be circumcised, and then he doth come near to keep it, and he hath been as a native of the land, but any uncircumcised one doth not eat of it;

one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.'

And all the sons of Israel do as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron; so have they done.

And it cometh to pass in this self-same day, Jehovah hath brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, by their hosts.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

`Sanctify to Me every first-born, opening any womb among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast; it is Mine.'

And Moses saith unto the people, `Remember this day in which ye have gone out from Egypt, from the house of servants, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought you out from this, and any thing fermented is not eaten;

To-day ye are going out, in the month of Abib.

`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, and of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Hivite, and of the Jebusite, which He hath sworn to thy fathers to give to thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou hast done this service in this month.

`Seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah;

unleavened things are eaten the seven days, and any thing fermented is not seen with thee; yea, leaven is not seen with thee in all thy border.

`And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, ` It is because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,

and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;

and thou hast kept this statute at its appointed season from days to days.

`And it hath been, when Jehovah bringeth thee in unto the land of the Canaanite, as He hath sworn to thee and to thy fathers, and hath given it to thee,

that thou hast caused every one opening a womb to pass over to Jehovah, and every firstling--the increase of beasts which thou hast: the males are Jehovah's.

`And every firstling of an ass thou dost ransom with a lamb, and if thou dost not ransom it , then thou hast beheaded it: and every first-born of man among thy sons thou dost ransom.

`And it hath been, when thy son asketh thee hereafter, saying, What is this? that thou hast said unto him, By strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants;

yea, it cometh to pass, when Pharaoh hath been pained to send us away, that Jehovah doth slay every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of man even unto the first-born of beast; therefore I am sacrificing to Jehovah all opening a womb who are males, and every first-born of my sons I ransom;