The Passover
1 Some time later the Lord said to Moses and Aaron:
2 This month is to be the first month of the year for you. 3 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. 4-5 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.
6 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. 7 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. 8 That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs and thin bread made without yeast. 9 Don't eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. 10 Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. 11 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.
12 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. 13 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.
14 Remember this day and celebrate it each year as a festival in my honor. 15 For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. And on the first of these seven days, you must remove all yeast from your homes. If you eat anything made with yeast during this festival, you will no longer be part of Israel. 16 Meet together for worship on the first and seventh days of the festival. The only work you are allowed to do on either of these two days is that of preparing the bread.
17 Celebrate this Festival of Thin Bread as a way of remembering the day that I brought your families and tribes out of Egypt. And do this each year. 18 Begin on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month by eating bread made without yeast. Then continue this celebration until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19 During these seven days no yeast is allowed in anyone's home, whether they are native Israelites or not. If you are caught eating anything made with yeast, you will no longer be part of Israel. 20 Stay away from yeast, no matter where you live. No one is allowed to eat anything made with yeast!
21 Moses called the leaders of Israel together and said:
Each family is to pick out a sheep and kill it for Passover. 22 Make a brush from a few small branches of a hyssop plant and dip the brush in the bowl that has the blood of the animal in it. Then brush some of the blood above the door and on the posts at each side of the door of your house. After this, everyone is to stay inside until morning.
23 During that night the Lord will go through the country of Egypt and kill the first-born son in every Egyptian family. He will see where you have put the blood, and he will not come into your house. His angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons.
24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. 26 Your children will ask you, “What are we celebrating?” 27 And you will answer, “The Passover animal is killed to honor the Lord. We do these things because on that night long ago the Lord passed over the homes of our people in Egypt. He killed the first-born sons of the Egyptians, but he spared our children from death.”
After Moses finished speaking, the people of Israel knelt down and worshiped the Lord. 28 Then they left and did what Moses and Aaron had told them to do.
Death for the First-Born Sons
29 At midnight the Lord killed the first-born son of every Egyptian family, from the son of the king to the son of every prisoner in jail. He also killed the first-born male of every animal that belonged to the Egyptians.
30 That night the king, his officials, and everyone else in Egypt got up and started crying bitterly. In every Egyptian home, someone was dead.
The People of Israel Escape from Egypt
31 During the night the king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Get your people out of my country and leave us alone! Go and worship the Lord, as you have asked. 32 Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and get out. But ask your God to be kind to me.”
33 The Egyptians did everything they could to get the Israelites to leave their country as quickly as possible. They said, “Please hurry and leave. If you don't, we will all be dead.” 34 So the Israelites quickly made some bread dough and put it in pans. But they did not mix any yeast in the dough to make it rise. They wrapped cloth around the pans and carried them on their shoulders.
35 The Israelites had already done what Moses had told them to do. They had gone to their Egyptian neighbors and asked for gold and silver and for clothes. 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians friendly toward the people of Israel, and they gave them whatever they asked for. In this way they carried away the wealth of the Egyptians when they left Egypt.
37 The Israelites walked from the city of Rameses to the city of Succoth. There were about 600,000 of them, not counting women and children. 38 Many other people went with them as well, and there were also a lot of sheep, goats, and cattle. 39 They left Egypt in such a hurry that they did not have time to prepare any food except the bread dough made without yeast. So they baked it and made thin bread.
40-41 The Lord's people left Egypt exactly 430 years after they had arrived. 42 On that night the Lord kept watch for them, and on this same night each year Israel will always keep watch in honor of the Lord.
Instructions for Passover
43 The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following instructions for celebrating Passover:
Only Israelites may eat the Passover meal.
44 Your slaves may eat the meal if they have been circumcised, 45 but no foreigners who work for you are allowed to have any.
46 The entire meal must be eaten inside, and no one may leave the house during the celebration.
No bones of the Passover lamb may be broken. 47 And all Israelites must take part in the meal.
48 If anyone who isn't an Israelite wants to celebrate Passover with you, every man and boy in that family must first be circumcised. Then they may join in the meal, just like native Israelites. No uncircumcised man or boy may eat the Passover meal! 49 This law applies both to native Israelites and to those foreigners who live among you.
50 The Israelites obeyed everything the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron to tell them. 51 And on that same day the Lord brought Israel's families and tribes out of Egypt.
Pashas svētku iestādīšana
(4Moz 9:1–145Moz 16:1–8Ech 45:21–25)1 Kungs teica Mozum un Āronam Ēģiptes zemē: 2 “Šis mēnesis jums ir mēnešu sākums, tas jums ir pirmais no gada mēnešiem! 3 Runājiet uz visu Israēla sapulci: šā mēneša desmitajā dienā lai katrs sava tēva namā ņem jēru – pa jēram uz namu. 4 Un, ja nams par mazu, lai apēstu jēru, lai tie ņem kopā ar sava nama tuvākajiem kaimiņiem pēc ļaužu skaita – katrs lai ņem no jēra tik, cik apēdīs. 5 Lai tas ir tēviņš, gadu vecs, bez vainas! Ņemiet to no avīm vai kazām! 6 Turiet to līdz mēneša četrpadsmitajai dienai, un tad starp mijkrēsli un tumsu lai to kauj viss Israēla sapulces pulks! 7 Ņemiet asinis un noziediet visas durvju stenderes un aplodas namam, kurā jūs to ēdīsiet. 8 Tajā naktī ēdiet gaļu, ugunī ceptu, un neraudzētu maizi – ar rūgtām zālēm to ēdiet! 9 Neēdiet to tāpat vai vārītu, bet gan ugunī ceptu – galvu, lielus un iekšas! 10 Neatstājiet rītam neko, un, kas no tā rītā atlicis, to sadedziniet ugunī! 11 Šādi to ēdiet – jūsu gurni lai ir apjozti, sandales kājās un nūjas rokās! Ēdiet to steigā! Tā ir Kunga Pasha ! 12 Šonakt es iziešu cauri Ēģiptes zemei un sitīšu Ēģiptes zemē ikvienu pirmdzimto – gan cilvēkam, gan lopam! Un es spriedīšu tiesu visiem Ēģiptes dieviem! Es esmu Kungs! 13 Asinis jums būs par zīmi – tās būs tajās mājās, kur būsiet jūs, – es redzēšu asinis, es paiešu jums garām, un sodība jūs neiznīdēs, kad es sitīšu Ēģiptes zemi. 14 Šī diena jums ir pieminama, sviniet tajā svētkus Kungam visās jūsu paaudzēs, kā mūžīgu likumu sviniet to! 15 Septiņas dienas jums jāēd neraudzēta maize. Pirmajā dienā izmetiet no saviem namiem ieraugu, jo katrs, kas ēdīs ko raudzētu no pirmās līdz septītajai dienai, tiks padzīts no Israēla! 16 Lai jums ir svēta sapulce pirmajā dienā un svēta sapulce septītajā dienā. Tad lai netiek darīti nekādi darbi – vien ēdienu jūs drīkstat gatavot. 17 Turiet Neraudzētās maizes svētkus, jo šajā dienā es esmu izvedis jūsu pulkus no Ēģiptes zemes. Sviniet šo dienu visās savās paaudzēs kā mūžīgu likumu! 18 Ēdiet neraudzētu maizi no pirmā mēneša četrpadsmitās dienas līdz divdesmit pirmās dienas vakaram! 19 Septiņas dienas jūsu namos lai nav ierauga, jo katrs, kas ēdīs ko raudzētu, tiks nošķirts no Israēla sapulces – gan svešinieks, gan pašu zemē dzimušais! 20 Neēdiet neko raudzētu, lai kur jūs mājotu, ēdiet neraudzētu maizi!”
21 Un Mozus sasauca visus Israēla vecajos un teica tiem: “Ejiet, ņemiet avis jūsu dzimtām un kaujiet Pashas upuri! 22 Mērciet asiņu bļodā īzapa zāles saišķi un apslakiet durvju aplodu un abas stenderes ar asinīm, kas bļodā. Neizejiet pa sava nama durvīm līdz rītam! 23 Kungs ies sodīt ēģiptiešus – viņš redzēs asinis uz aplodas un abām stenderēm, un Kungs paies garām šīm durvīm un neļaus postītājam ieiet jūsu namos, lai sodītu. 24 Tas ir likums jums un jūsu dēliem uz mūžiem! 25 Kad jūs nonāksiet zemē, kuru Kungs jums dos, kā viņš ir teicis, tad turpiniet šādi kalpot! 26 Kad jūsu dēli jums vaicās, kas jums šī par kalpošanu, 27 tad sakiet: šis ir Pashas upuris Kungam, kurš pagāja garām Israēla dēlu namiem Ēģiptē, kad viņš sodīja ēģiptiešus, bet mūsu nami tika glābti!” Un tauta zemojās un klanījās. 28 Israēla dēli gāja un darīja; kā Kungs Mozum un Āronam bija pavēlējis, tā viņi darīja!
Desmitā mocība: pirmdzimto nāve
(2Moz 11:1–10)29 Pusnaktī notika tā: Kungs sita visus pirmdzimtos Ēģiptes zemē – no faraona, kas sēd savā tronī, pirmdzimtā līdz gūstekņa, kas cietumā, pirmdzimtajam un visu lopu pirmdzimtos. 30 Un faraons cēlās naktī – viņš, viņa kalpi un visi ēģiptieši, un Ēģiptē bija liela brēkšana, jo nebija nama, kurā kāds nebūtu miris. 31 Tajā naktī viņš sauca Mozu un Āronu un teica: “Taisieties, ejiet projām no manas tautas – gan jūs, gan jūsu dēli! Ejiet, kalpojiet Kungam, kā teicāt! 32 Ņemiet gan savas avis, gan savus vēršus, kā teicāt, un ejiet! Un svētījiet arī mani!”
Iziešana
33 Un ēģiptieši skubināja tautu, lai ātrāk dabūtu viņus projām no zemes, jo viņi domāja: “Nu mēs visi esam pagalam!” 34 Un tautai vajadzēja ņemt savu mīklu, pirms tā bija ieraudzēta. Abras viņi ietina savās drānās un aiznesa līdzi uz pleciem. 35 Israēla dēli darīja, kā Mozus bija teicis, un prasīja ēģiptiešiem sudraba traukus, zelta traukus un drānas. 36 --Un Kungs dāvāja tautai ēģiptiešu vēlību – tie viņiem deva, ko tie prasīja. Tā viņi aplaupīja ēģiptiešus!
37 Un Israēla dēli gāja kājām no Raamsēsas uz Sukotu, ap seši simti tūkstoš vīru, neskaitot mazuļus. 38 Ar viņiem kopā devās projām arī daudzi no citām tautām; un arī avis un vērši – varen liels ganāmpulks! 39 No mīklas, ko viņi bija paņēmuši līdzi no Ēģiptes, tie cepa neraudzētu maizi, jo tā nebija ieraudzēta, tādēļ ka tie bija izdzīti no Ēģiptes zemes un nevarēja kavēties. Arī ēdienu viņi nebija sev sagatavojuši. 40 Laiks, ko Israēla dēli nodzīvoja Ēģiptē, bija četri simti trīsdesmit gadu. 41 Kad bija pagājuši četri simti trīsdesmit gadi, tajā pašā dienā visi Kunga pulki izgāja no Ēģiptes zemes! 42 Tā ir nomoda nakts Kungam, kurš izvedis viņus no Ēģiptes zemes. Šī nakts visiem Israēla dēliem ir nomoda nakts Kungam visās paaudzēs!
Norādījumi par Pashu
(1Moz 17:9–142Moz 12:1–13)43 Un Kungs teica Mozum un Āronam: “Tas ir noteikts Pashas svētkiem! Neviens svešinieks lai to neēd! 44 Un ikvienu vergu, kas par sudrabu pirkts, lai apgraiza – tikai tad viņš var to ēst! 45 Piemitējs un algādzis lai to neēd! 46 Lai tas tiek ēsts vienā namā, neko no gaļas lai neiznes no nama un kaulus lai nelauž! 47 Lai tā dara visa Israēla sapulce! 48 Ja kāds svešinieks mīt pie tevis un grib svinēt Kunga Pashu, tad lai tiek apgraizīti visi viņu vīri – pēc tam tie var tuvoties un svinēt, jo tie būs kā pašu zemē dzimušie! Bet neviens neapgraizītais lai to neēd! 49 Viens likums ir iedzimtajam un svešiniekam, kas pie jums apmeties!” 50 Un visi Israēla dēli darīja, kā Kungs pavēlēja Mozum un Āronam, tā viņi darīja!
51 Tai pašā dienā Kungs pulkiem izveda visus Israēla dēlus no Ēģiptes zemes!
