Exodus 12

The month Abib is to be considered as the commencement of the year, Exodus 12:1 , Exodus 12:2 . The Passover instituted; the lamb or kid to be used on the occasion to be taken from the flock the tenth day of the month, and each family to provide one, Exodus 12:3 , Exodus 12:4 . The lamb or kid to be a male of the first year without blemish, Exodus 12:5 . To be killed on the fourteenth day, Exodus 12:6 , and the blood to be sprinkled on the side posts and lintels of the doors, Exodus 12:7 . The flesh to be prepared by roasting, and not to be eaten either sodden or raw, Exodus 12:8 , Exodus 12:9 ; and no part of it to be left till the morning, Exodus 12:10 . The people to eat it with their loins girded, etc., as persons prepared for a journey, Exodus 12:11 . Why called the Passover, Exodus 12:12 . The blood sprinkled on the door posts, etc., to be a token to them of preservation from the destroying angel, Exodus 12:13 . The fourteenth day of the month Abib to be a feast for ever, Exodus 12:14 . Unleavened bread to be eaten seven days, Exodus 12:15 . This also to be observed in all their generations for ever, Exodus 12:17-20 . Moses instructs the elders of Israel how they are to offer the lamb and sprinkle his blood, and for what purpose, Exodus 12:21-23 . He binds them to instruct their children in the nature of this rite, Exodus 12:24-27 . The children of Israel act as commanded, Exodus 12:28 . All the first-born of Egypt slain, Exodus 12:29 , Exodus 12:30 . Pharaoh and the Egyptians urge Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites to depart, Exodus 12:31-33 . They prepare for their departure, and get gold, silver, and raiment from the Egyptians, Exodus 12:34-36 . They journey from Rameses to Succoth, in number six hundred thousand men, besides women and children, and a mixed multitude, Exodus 12:37 , Exodus 12:38 . They bake unleavened cakes of the dough they brought with them out of Egypt, Exodus 12:39 . The time in which they sojourned in Egypt, Exodus 12:40-42 . Different ordinances concerning the Passover, Exodus 12:43-49 ; which are all punctually observed by the people, who are brought out of Egypt the same day, Exodus 12:50 , Exodus 12:51 .