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Malcom: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.
Day 100 and 6.
Then the Lord said to Moses, I
will strike Pharaoh in the land
of Egypt with one more blow.
After that, Pharaoh will
let you leave this country.
In fact, he will be so eager to get rid of
you that he will force you all to leave.
Tell all the Israelite men and women
to ask their Egyptian neighbors
for articles of silver and gold.
Now the Lord had caused the Egyptians
to look favorably on the people of
Israel, and Moses was considered a
very great man in the land of Egypt,
respected by Pharaoh's officials
and the Egyptian people alike,
Moses had announced to Pharaoh.
This is what the Lord
says at midnight tonight.
I will pass through the heart of Egypt.
All the firstborn sons will
die in every family in Egypt.
From the oldest son of Pharaoh who
sits on his throne to the oldest
son of his lowliest servant girl who
grinds the flower, even the firstborn
of all the livestock will die.
Then a loud whale will rise
throughout the land of Egypt.
A whale like no one has heard
before or will ever hear again.
But among the Israelites, it will be so
peaceful that not even a dog will bark.
Then you will know that the Lord
makes a distinction between the
Egyptians and the Israelites.
All the officials of Egypt will run to
me and fall to the ground before me.
Please leave.
They will beg, hurry, and take
all your followers with you.
Only then will I go.
Then burning with anger.
Moses left Pharaoh.
Now, the Lord had told Moses earlier,
Pharaoh will not listen to you,
but then I will do even more mighty
miracles in the land of Egypt.
Moses and Aaron performed these miracles
in Pharaoh's presence, but the Lord
hardened Pharaoh's heart and he wouldn't
let the Israelites leave the country.
While the Israelites were still in
the land of Egypt, the Lord gave the
following instructions to Moses and Aaron.
From now on, this month will be the first
month of the year for you announced to
the whole community of Israel that on
the 10th day of this month, each family
must choose a lamb or a young goat for a
sacrifice, one animal for each household.
If a family is too small to eat a
whole animal, let them share with
another family in the neighborhood.
Divide the animal according to the size
of each family and how much they can eat.
The animal you select must be
a one-year-old male, either a
sheep or a goat with no defects.
Take special care of this chosen
animal until the evening of the
14th day of this first month.
Then the whole assembly of the
community of Israel must slaughter
their lamb or young goat.
At twilight, they are to take some
of the blood and smeared on the sides
and top of the doorframes of the
houses where they eat the animal.
That same night, they must roast
the meat over a fire and eat it
along with bitter salad, greens
and bread made without yeast.
Do not eat any of the meat,
raw or boiled in water.
The whole animal, including the
head, legs, and internal organs,
must be roasted over a fire.
Do not leave any of it
until the next morning.
Burn whatever is not
eaten before mourning.
These are your instructions
for eating this meal.
Be fully dressed.
Wear your sandals and carry
your walking stick in your hand.
Eat the meal with urgency for
this is the Lord's Passover.
On that night, I will pass through
the land of Egypt and strike down
every firstborn son and firstborn
male animal in the land of Egypt.
I will execute judgment against all
the gods of Egypt for I am the Lord.
But the blood on your doorposts
will serve as a sign marking the
houses where you are staying.
When I see the blood,
I will pass over you.
This plague of death will not touch you.
When I strike the land of Egypt,
this is a day to remember.
Each year from generation to
generation, you must celebrate it
as a special festival to the Lord.
This is a law for all time.
For seven days.
The bread you eat must
be made without yeast.
On the first day of the festival, remove
every trace of yeast from your homes.
Anyone who eats bread made with yeast
during the seven days of the festival will
be cut off from the community of Israel.
On the first day of the festival,
and again on the seventh day,
all the people must observe an
official day for Holy Assembly.
No work of any kind may be done on these
days except in the preparation of food.
Celebrate this festival of unleavened
bread for it will remind you that
I brought your forces out of the
land of Egypt on this very day.
This festival will be a
permanent law for you.
Celebrate this day from
generation to generation.
The bread you eat must be made without
yeast from the evening of the 14th
day of the first month until the
evening of the 21st day of that month.
During those seven days, there must
be no trace of yeast in your homes.
Anyone who eats anything made with
yeast during this week will be cut
off from the community of Israel.
These regulations apply both to
the foreigners living among you
and to the native born Israelites.
During those days, you must
not eat anything made with
yeast wherever you live.
Eat only breaded made without yeast.
Then Moses called all the elders
of Israel together and said to
them, go pick out a lamb or young
goat for each of your families
and slaughter the Passover animal.
Drain the blood into a basin,
then take a bundle of hiss up
branches and dip it into the blood.
Brush the hiss up across the top
and sides of the doorframes of
your houses, and no one may go out
through the door until morning.
For the Lord will pass through the
land to strike down the Egyptians.
But when he sees the blood on the
top and sides of the doorframe,
the Lord will pass over your home.
He will not permit his death.
Angel to enter your house
and strike you down.
Remember, these instructions
are a permanent law that you and
your descendants must observe
forever when you enter the land
the Lord has promised to give you.
You will continue to
observe this ceremony.
Then your children will ask,
what does this ceremony mean?
And you will reply.
It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord
for he passed over the houses of the
Israelites in Egypt, and though he struck
the Egyptians, he spared our families.
When Moses had finished speaking,
all the people bowed down
to the ground and worshiped.
So the people of Israel did, just
as the Lord had commanded through
Moses and Aaron, and that night at
midnight, the Lord struck down all the
firstborn sons in the land of Egypt,
from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who
sat on his throne to the firstborn,
son of the prisoner in the dungeon.
Even the firstborn of their
livestock were killed.
Pharaoh and all his officials and
all the people of Egypt woke up
during the night and loud whaling was
heard throughout the land of Egypt.
There was not a single house
where someone had not died.
Pharaoh sent from Moses
and Aaron during the night.
Get out, he ordered.
Leave my people and take the
rest of the Israelites with you.
Go and worship the Lord
as you have requested.
Take your flocks and herds
as you said, and be gone go.
But bless me as you leave, all the
Egyptians urged the people of Israel
to get out of the land as quickly as
possible for they thought we will all die.
The Israelites took their bread
dough before yeast was added.
They wrapped their kneading boards and
their cloaks and carried them on their
shoulders and the people of Israel did.
As Moses had instructed.
They asked the Egyptians for clothing
and articles of silver and gold.
The Lord caused the Egyptians to
look favorably on the Israelites,
and they gave the Israelites whatever
they asked for, so they stripped
the Egyptians of their wealth.
That night, the people of Israel
left Ramesses and started Feth.
There were about 600,000 men,
plus all the women and children.
A rabble of Nonis Israelites went
with them along with great flocks
and herds of livestock for bread.
They baked flat cakes from
the dough without yeast.
They had brought from Egypt.
It was made without yeast because the
people were driven out of Egypt in
such a hurry that they had no time
to prepare the bread or other food.
The people of Israel had
lived in Egypt for 430 years.
In fact, it was on the last day of
the 430th year that all the Lord's
forces left the land on this night,
the Lord kept his promise to bring his
people out of the land of Egypt, so
this night belongs to him, and it must
be commemorated every year by all the
Israelites from generation to generation.
Then the Lord said to Moses and
Aaron, These are the instructions
for the Festival of Passover.
No outsiders are allowed to eat
the Passover meal, but any slave
who has been purchased may eat it.
If he has been circumcised,
temporary residents and hired
servants may not eat it.
Each Passover lamb must
be eaten in one house.
Do not carry any of its meat outside
and do not break any of its bones.
The whole community of Israel must
celebrate this Passover festival.
If there are foreigners living among you
who want to celebrate the Lord's Passover,
let all their males be circumcised.
Only then may they celebrate
the Passover with you.
Like any native born Israelite,
but no uncircumcised male may
ever eat the Passover meal.
This instruction applies to everyone,
whether a native born Israelite
or a foreigner living among you.
So all the people of Israel followed all
the Lord's commands to Moses and Aaron.
On that very day.
The Lord brought the people of Israel
out of the land of Egypt, like an army.
Then the Lord said to Moses, dedicate to
me every firstborn among the Israelites.
The first offspring to be born of
both humans and animals belongs to me.
So Moses said to the people, this is
a day to remember forever the day you
left Egypt, the place of your slavery
today, the Lord has brought you out
by the power of his mighty hand.
Remember, eat no food containing
yeast on this day in early
spring, in the month of Abi.
You have been set free.
You must celebrate this event in this
month, each year after the Lord brings
you into the land of the Canaanites,
Hittites, Amorites, ves, and Jebusites,
he swore to your ancestors that he
would give you this land, a land flowing
with milk and honey for seven days.
The bread you eat must
be made without yeast.
Then on the seventh day,
celebrate a feast to the Lord.
Eat bread without yeast
during those seven days.
In fact, there must be no yeast, bread,
or any yeast at all found within the
borders of your land during this time.
On the seventh day, you must explain
to your children, I am celebrating what
the Lord did for me when I left Egypt.
This annual festival will be a
visible sign to you, like a mark
branded on your hand or your forehead.
Let it remind you always to recite this
teaching of the Lord with a strong hand.
The Lord rescued you from Egypt.
So observe the decree of this festival
at the appointed time each year.
This is what you must do when the
Lord fulfills the promise he swore
to you and to your ancestors.
When he gives you the land where the
Canaanites now live, you must present all
firstborn sons and firstborn male animals
to the Lord for they belong to him.
A firstborn donkey may be bought back
from the Lord by presenting a lamb or
young goat in its place, but if you do
not buy it back, you must break its neck.
However, you must buy back every firstborn
son, and in the future, your children
will ask you, what does all this mean?
Then you will tell them with the power
of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us
out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.
Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go.
So the Lord killed all the firstborn
males throughout the land of
Egypt, both people and animals.
That is why I now sacrifice all the
firstborn males to the Lord, except that
the firstborn sons are always bought back.
This ceremony will be like a mark
branded on your hand or your forehead.
It is a reminder that the
power of the Lord's Mighty
Hand brought us out of Egypt.
This concludes today's
Immer reading experience.
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