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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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