10 And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, ²and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Yehovah. ³And Moshe and Aharon went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Yehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. ⁴Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border: ⁵and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: ⁶and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. ⁷And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Yehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? ⁸And Moshe and Aharon were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve Jehovah your God; but who are they that shall go? ⁹And Moshe said, We will go with our young and with our old; with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto Yehovah. ¹⁰And he said unto them, So be Yehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. ¹¹Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve Yehovah; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence. 

¹²And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. ¹³And Moshe stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Yehovah brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. ¹⁴And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. ¹⁵For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. ¹⁶Then Pharaoh called for Moshe and Aharon in haste; and he said, I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you. ¹⁷Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat Yehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only. ¹⁸And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Yehovah. ¹⁹And Yehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt. ²⁰But Yehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. 

²¹And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. ²²And Moshe stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days; ²³they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. ²⁴And Pharaoh called unto Moshe, and said, Go ye, serve Yehovah; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. ²⁵And Moshe said, Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, that we may sacrifice unto Yehovah our God. ²⁶Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind: for thereof must we take to serve Yehovah our God; and we know not with what we must serve Yehovah, until we come thither. ²⁷But Yehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go. ²⁸And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die. ²⁹And Moshe said, Thou hast spoken well; I will see thy face again no more. 

11 And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. ²Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. ³And Yehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moshe was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people. 

⁴And Moshe said, Thus saith Yehovah, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: ⁵and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill; and all the first-born of cattle. ⁶And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be any more. ⁷But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Yehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Isra’el. ⁸And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 

⁹And Yehovah said unto Moshe, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. ¹⁰And Moshe and Aharon did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and Yehovah hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. 

12 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt, saying, ²This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. ³Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household: ⁴and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. ⁵Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: ⁶and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even. ⁷And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. ⁸And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it. ⁹Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. ¹⁰And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. ¹¹And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Yehovah’s passover. ¹²For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yehovah. ¹³And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. ¹⁴And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Yehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 

¹⁵Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Isra’el. ¹⁶And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. ¹⁷And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. ¹⁸In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. ¹⁹Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Isra’el, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. ²⁰Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 

²¹Then Moshe called for all the elders of Isra’el, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the passover. ²²And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two sideposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. ²³For Yehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Yehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. ²⁴And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. ²⁵And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Yehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. ²⁶And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? ²⁷that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Yehovah’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Isra’el in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. ²⁸And the children of Isra’el went and did so; as Yehovah had commanded Moshe and Aharon, so did they. 

²⁹And it came to pass at midnight, that Yehovah smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle. ³⁰And 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 there was not one dead. ³¹And he called for Moshe and Aharon by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yehovah, as ye have said. ³²Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. ³³And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. ³⁴And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. ³⁵And the children of Isra’el did according to the word of Moshe; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: ³⁶and Yehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians. 

³⁷And the children of Isra’el journeyed from Ra’amses to Sukkoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. ³⁸And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. ³⁹And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victuals. ⁴⁰Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. ⁴¹And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Yehovah went out from the land of Egypt. ⁴²It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Yehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Isra’el throughout their generations. 

⁴³And Yehovah said unto Moshe and Aharon, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof; ⁴⁴but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. ⁴⁵A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. ⁴⁶In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. ⁴⁷All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ⁴⁸And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to Yehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. ⁴⁹One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. ⁵⁰Thus did all the children of Israel; as Yehovah commanded Moshe and Aharon, so did they. ⁵¹And it came to pass the selfsame day, that Yehovah did bring the children of Isra’el out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. 

13 And Yehovah spake unto Moshe, saying, ²Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Isra’el, both of man and of beast: it is mine. 

³And Moshe said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. ⁴This day ye go forth in the month the aviv. ⁵And it shall be, when Yehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Kena’ani, and the Hitti, and the Emori, and the Hivi, and the Y’evusi, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. ⁶Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yehovah. ⁷Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders. ⁸And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Yehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. ⁹And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Yehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Yehovah brought thee out of Egypt. ¹⁰Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. 

¹¹And it shall be, when Yehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Kena’ani, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, ¹²that thou shalt set apart unto Yehovah all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males shall be Yehovah’s. ¹³And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck: and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem. ¹⁴And it shall be, when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand Yehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: ¹⁵and it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Yehovah all that openeth the womb, being males; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem. ¹⁶And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand Yehovah brought us forth out of Egypt.