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The First Passover
Israel’s Exodus from Egypt
Instructions for the Passover -
|Êxodo 12:1| While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the lord gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron:
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|Êxodo 12:2| “From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you.
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|Êxodo 12:3| Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household.
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|Êxodo 12:4| 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.
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|Êxodo 12:5| The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.
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|Êxodo 12:6| “Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight.
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|Êxodo 12:7| They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
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|Êxodo 12:8| That same night they must roast the meat over a fire and eat it along with bitter salad greens and bread made without yeast.
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|Êxodo 12:9| 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.
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|Êxodo 12:10| Do not leave any of it until the next morning. Burn whatever is not eaten before morning.
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