¹ ειπεν δε κυριος προς μωυσην και ααρων εν γη αιγυπτου λεγων

² ο μην ουτος υμιν αρχη μηνων πρωτος εστιν υμιν εν τοις μησιν του ενιαυτου

³ λαλησον προς πασαν συναγωγην υιων ισραηλ λεγων τη δεκατη του μηνος τουτου λαβετωσαν εκαστος προβατον κατ' οικους πατριων εκαστος προβατον κατ' οικιαν

⁴ εαν δε ολιγοστοι ωσιν οι εν τη οικια ωστε μη ικανους ειναι εις προβατον συλλημψεται μεθ' εαυτου τον γειτονα τον πλησιον αυτου κατα αριθμον ψυχων εκαστος το αρκουν αυτω συναριθμησεται εις προβατον

⁵ προβατον τελειον αρσεν ενιαυσιον εσται υμιν απο των αρνων και των εριφων λημψεσθε

⁶ και εσται υμιν διατετηρημενον εως της τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατης του μηνος τουτου και σφαξουσιν αυτο παν το πληθος συναγωγης υιων ισραηλ προς εσπεραν

⁷ και λημψονται απο του αιματος και θησουσιν επι των δυο σταθμων και επι την φλιαν εν τοις οικοις εν οις εαν φαγωσιν αυτα εν αυτοις

⁸ και φαγονται τα κρεα τη νυκτι ταυτη οπτα πυρι και αζυμα επι πικριδων εδονται

⁹ ουκ εδεσθε απ' αυτων ωμον ουδε ηψημενον εν υδατι αλλ' η οπτα πυρι κεφαλην συν τοις ποσιν και τοις ενδοσθιοις

¹⁰ ουκ απολειψετε απ' αυτου εως πρωι και οστουν ου συντριψετε απ' αυτου τα δε καταλειπομενα απ' αυτου εως πρωι εν πυρι κατακαυσετε

¹¹ ουτως δε φαγεσθε αυτο αι οσφυες υμων περιεζωσμεναι και τα υποδηματα εν τοις ποσιν υμων και αι βακτηριαι εν ταις χερσιν υμων και εδεσθε αυτο μετα σπουδης πασχα εστιν κυριω

¹² και διελευσομαι εν γη αιγυπτω εν τη νυκτι ταυτη και παταξω παν πρωτοτοκον εν γη αιγυπτω απο ανθρωπου εως κτηνους και εν πασι τοις θεοις των αιγυπτιων ποιησω την εκδικησιν εγω κυριος

¹³ και εσται το αιμα υμιν εν σημειω επι των οικιων εν αις υμεις εστε εκει και οψομαι το αιμα και σκεπασω υμας και ουκ εσται εν υμιν πληγη του εκτριβηναι οταν παιω εν γη αιγυπτω

¹⁴ και εσται η ημερα υμιν αυτη μνημοσυνον και εορτασετε αυτην εορτην κυριω εις πασας τας γενεας υμων νομιμον αιωνιον εορτασετε αυτην

¹⁵ επτα ημερας αζυμα εδεσθε απο δε της ημερας της πρωτης αφανιειτε ζυμην εκ των οικιων υμων πας ος αν φαγη ζυμην εξολεθρευθησεται η ψυχη εκεινη εξ ισραηλ απο της ημερας της πρωτης εως της ημερας της εβδομης

¹⁶ και η ημερα η πρωτη κληθησεται αγια και η ημερα η εβδομη κλητη αγια εσται υμιν παν εργον λατρευτον ου ποιησετε εν αυταις πλην οσα ποιηθησεται παση ψυχη τουτο μονον ποιηθησεται υμιν

¹⁷ και φυλαξεσθε την εντολην ταυτην εν γαρ τη ημερα ταυτη εξαξω την δυναμιν υμων εκ γης αιγυπτου και ποιησετε την ημεραν ταυτην εις γενεας υμων νομιμον αιωνιον

¹⁸ εναρχομενου τη τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατη ημερα του μηνος του πρωτου αφ' εσπερας εδεσθε αζυμα εως ημερας μιας και εικαδος του μηνος εως εσπερας

¹⁹ επτα ημερας ζυμη ουχ ευρεθησεται εν ταις οικιαις υμων πας ος αν φαγη ζυμωτον εξολεθρευθησεται η ψυχη εκεινη εκ συναγωγης ισραηλ εν τε τοις γειωραις και αυτοχθοσιν της γης

²⁰ παν ζυμωτον ουκ εδεσθε εν παντι δε κατοικητηριω υμων εδεσθε αζυμα

²¹ εκαλεσεν δε μωυσης πασαν γερουσιαν υιων ισραηλ και ειπεν προς αυτους απελθοντες λαβετε υμιν εαυτοις προβατον κατα συγγενειας υμων και θυσατε το πασχα

²² λημψεσθε δε δεσμην υσσωπου και βαψαντες απο του αιματος του παρα την θυραν καθιξετε της φλιας και επ' αμφοτερων των σταθμων απο του αιματος ο εστιν παρα την θυραν υμεις δε ουκ εξελευσεσθε εκαστος την θυραν του οικου αυτου εως πρωι

²³ και παρελευσεται κυριος παταξαι τους αιγυπτιους και οψεται το αιμα επι της φλιας και επ' αμφοτερων των σταθμων και παρελευσεται κυριος την θυραν και ουκ αφησει τον ολεθρευοντα εισελθειν εις τας οικιας υμων παταξαι

²⁴ και φυλαξεσθε το ρημα τουτο νομιμον σεαυτω και τοις υιοις σου εως αιωνος

²⁵ εαν δε εισελθητε εις την γην ην αν δω κυριος υμιν καθοτι ελαλησεν φυλαξεσθε την λατρειαν ταυτην

²⁶ και εσται εαν λεγωσιν προς υμας οι υιοι υμων τις η λατρεια αυτη

²⁷ και ερειτε αυτοις θυσια το πασχα τουτο κυριω ως εσκεπασεν τους οικους των υιων ισραηλ εν αιγυπτω ηνικα επαταξεν τους αιγυπτιους τους δε οικους ημων ερρυσατο και κυψας ο λαος προσεκυνησεν

²⁸ και απελθοντες εποιησαν οι υιοι ισραηλ καθα ενετειλατο κυριος τω μωυση και ααρων ουτως εποιησαν

²⁹ εγενηθη δε μεσουσης της νυκτος και κυριος επαταξεν παν πρωτοτοκον εν γη αιγυπτω απο πρωτοτοκου φαραω του καθημενου επι του θρονου εως πρωτοτοκου της αιχμαλωτιδος της εν τω λακκω και εως πρωτοτοκου παντος κτηνους

³⁰ και αναστας φαραω νυκτος και παντες οι θεραποντες αυτου και παντες οι αιγυπτιοι και εγενηθη κραυγη μεγαλη εν παση γη αιγυπτω ου γαρ ην οικια εν η ουκ ην εν αυτη τεθνηκως

³¹ και εκαλεσεν φαραω μωυσην και ααρων νυκτος και ειπεν αυτοις αναστητε και εξελθατε εκ του λαου μου και υμεις και οι υιοι ισραηλ βαδιζετε και λατρευσατε κυριω τω θεω υμων καθα λεγετε

³² και τα προβατα και τους βοας υμων αναλαβοντες πορευεσθε ευλογησατε δε καμε

³³ και κατεβιαζοντο οι αιγυπτιοι τον λαον σπουδη εκβαλειν αυτους εκ της γης ειπαν γαρ οτι παντες ημεις αποθνησκομεν

³⁴ ανελαβεν δε ο λαος το σταις προ του ζυμωθηναι τα φυραματα αυτων ενδεδεμενα εν τοις ιματιοις αυτων επι των ωμων

³⁵ οι δε υιοι ισραηλ εποιησαν καθα συνεταξεν αυτοις μωυσης και ητησαν παρα των αιγυπτιων σκευη αργυρα και χρυσα και ιματισμον

³⁶ και κυριος εδωκεν την χαριν τω λαω αυτου εναντιον των αιγυπτιων και εχρησαν αυτοις και εσκυλευσαν τους αιγυπτιους

³⁷ απαραντες δε οι υιοι ισραηλ εκ ραμεσση εις σοκχωθα εις εξακοσιας χιλιαδας πεζων οι ανδρες πλην της αποσκευης

³⁸ και επιμικτος πολυς συνανεβη αυτοις και προβατα και βοες και κτηνη πολλα σφοδρα

³⁹ και επεψαν το σταις ο εξηνεγκαν εξ αιγυπτου εγκρυφιας αζυμους ου γαρ εζυμωθη εξεβαλον γαρ αυτους οι αιγυπτιοι και ουκ ηδυνηθησαν επιμειναι ουδε επισιτισμον εποιησαν εαυτοις εις την οδον

⁴⁰ η δε κατοικησις των υιων ισραηλ ην κατωκησαν εν γη αιγυπτω και εν γη χανααν ετη τετρακοσια τριακοντα

⁴¹ και εγενετο μετα τα τετρακοσια τριακοντα ετη εξηλθεν πασα η δυναμις κυριου εκ γης αιγυπτου

⁴² νυκτος προφυλακη εστιν τω κυριω ωστε εξαγαγειν αυτους εκ γης αιγυπτου εκεινη η νυξ αυτη προφυλακη κυριω ωστε πασι τοις υιοις ισραηλ ειναι εις γενεας αυτων

⁴³ ειπεν δε κυριος προς μωυσην και ααρων λεγων ουτος ο νομος του πασχα πας αλλογενης ουκ εδεται απ' αυτου

⁴⁴ και παν οικετην τινος η αργυρωνητον περιτεμεις αυτον και τοτε φαγεται απ' αυτου

⁴⁵ παροικος η μισθωτος ουκ εδεται απ' αυτου

⁴⁶ εν οικια μια βρωθησεται και ουκ εξοισετε εκ της οικιας των κρεων εξω και οστουν ου συντριψετε απ' αυτου

⁴⁷ πασα συναγωγη υιων ισραηλ ποιησει αυτο

⁴⁸ εαν δε τις προσελθη προς υμας προσηλυτος ποιησαι το πασχα κυριω περιτεμεις αυτου παν αρσενικον και τοτε προσελευσεται ποιησαι αυτο και εσται ωσπερ και ο αυτοχθων της γης πας απεριτμητος ουκ εδεται απ' αυτου

⁴⁹ νομος εις εσται τω εγχωριω και τω προσελθοντι προσηλυτω εν υμιν

⁵⁰ και εποιησαν οι υιοι ισραηλ καθα ενετειλατο κυριος τω μωυση και ααρων προς αυτους ουτως εποιησαν

⁵¹ και εγενετο εν τη ημερα εκεινη εξηγαγεν κυριος τους υιους ισραηλ εκ γης αιγυπτου συν δυναμει αυτων

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

² "This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.

³ Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On 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;

⁴ and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.

⁵ Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:

⁶ and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.

⁷ They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.

⁸ They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.

⁹ Don't eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.

¹⁰ You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.

¹¹ This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is Yahweh's Passover.

¹² For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Yahweh.

¹³ The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ This day shall be to you for a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to Yahweh: throughout your generations you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.

¹⁵ "'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

¹⁶ In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.

¹⁷ You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.

¹⁸ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening.

¹⁹ Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land.

²⁰ You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.'"

²¹ Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.

²² You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

²³ For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

²⁴ You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.

²⁵ It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.

²⁶ It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

²⁷ that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'" The people bowed their heads and worshiped.

²⁸ The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

²⁹ It happened at midnight, that Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock.

³⁰ 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.

³¹ He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said!

³² Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!"

³³ The Egyptians were urgent with the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We are all dead men."

³⁴ The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.

³⁵ The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing.

³⁶ Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. They despoiled the Egyptians.

³⁷ The children of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.

³⁸ A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock.

³⁹ They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it wasn't leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn't wait, neither had they prepared for themselves any food.

⁴⁰ Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.

⁴¹ It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the armies of Yahweh went out from the land of Egypt.

⁴² It is a night to be much observed to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Yahweh, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

⁴³ Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat of it,

⁴⁴ but every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.

⁴⁵ A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.

⁴⁶ In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.

⁴⁷ All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

⁴⁸ When a stranger shall live as a foreigner with you, and will keep the Passover to Yahweh, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one who is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

⁴⁹ One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you."

⁵⁰ All the children of Israel did so. As Yahweh commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

⁵¹ It happened the same day, that Yahweh brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.