Focused Passage

Exodus 12:14-28

Passover, Judgment, and the Exodus from Egypt

The LORD institutes Passover and Unleavened Bread, shelters Israel through the blood of the lamb, strikes Egypt’s firstborn, brings Israel out with provision, and commands the redeemed people to remember and observe this deliverance.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

14 And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

16 On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do.

17 So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

18 In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.

19 For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.

20 You are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”

21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

22 Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

23 When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

24 And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.

25 When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

27 you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

28 And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

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References and Original Words

Verse 14

Original words

And this הַזֶּ֤ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular day הַיּ֨וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular will be וְהָיָה֩ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular a memorial לְזִכָּר֔וֹן H2146 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular for you לָכֶם֙ Preposition | second person masculine plural and you are to celebrate וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם H2287 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural it אֹת֖וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular as a feast חַ֣ג H2282 Noun - masculine singular to the LORD לַֽיהוָ֑ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular - תְּחָגֻּֽהוּ׃ H2287 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | third person masculine singular as a permanent עוֹלָ֖ם H5769 Noun - masculine singular statute חֻקַּ֥ת H2708 Noun - feminine singular construct for the generations to come לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם H1755 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Verse 15

Original words

For seven שִׁבְעַ֤ת H7651 Number - masculine singular construct days יָמִים֙ H3117 Noun - masculine plural you must eat תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural . . . אַ֚ךְ H389 Adverb unleavened bread מַצּ֣וֹת H4682 Noun - feminine plural On the first הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן H7223 Article | Adjective - masculine singular day בַּיּ֣וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular you are to remove תַּשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ H7673 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural the leaven שְּׂאֹ֖ר H7603 Noun - masculine singular from your houses מִבָּתֵּיכֶ֑ם H1004 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural . . . כִּ֣י׀ H3588 Conjunction Whoever כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct eats אֹכֵ֣ל H398 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular anything leavened חָמֵ֗ץ H2557 Noun - masculine singular from the first הָרִאשֹׁ֖ן H7223 Article | Adjective - masculine singular day מִיּ֥וֹם H3117 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular through עַד־ H5704 Preposition the seventh הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃ H7637 Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular . . . י֥וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular must be cut off וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה H3772 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular . . . הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ H5315 Article | Noun - feminine singular . . . הַהִוא֙ H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular from Israel מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל H3478 Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 16

Original words

On the first הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ H7223 Article | Adjective - masculine singular day וּבַיּ֤וֹם H3117 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular you are to hold יִהְיֶ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular - כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct a sacred קֹ֔דֶשׁ H6944 Noun - masculine singular assembly מִקְרָא־ H4744 Noun - masculine singular construct and another קֹ֖דֶשׁ H6944 Noun - masculine singular . . . מִקְרָא־ H4744 Noun - masculine singular construct on the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י H7637 Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular day וּבַיּוֹם֙ H3117 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular You must בָהֶ֔ם Preposition | third person masculine plural not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle do יֵעָשֶׂ֣ה H6213 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular any work מְלָאכָה֙ H4399 Noun - feminine singular on those days אַ֚ךְ H389 Adverb except to prepare אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative the meals יֵאָכֵ֣ל H398 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular - נֶ֔פֶשׁ H5315 Noun - feminine singular - לְכָל־ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct that ה֥וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular is all לְבַדּ֖וֹ H905 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular you may do יֵעָשֶׂ֥ה H6213 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 17

Original words

So you are to keep וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ H8104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the Feast of Unleavened Bread הַמַּצּוֹת֒ H4682 Article | Noun - feminine plural for כִּ֗י H3588 Conjunction on this הַזֶּ֔ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular very בְּעֶ֙צֶם֙ H6106 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct day הַיּ֣וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular I brought הוֹצֵ֥אתִי H3318 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular your divisions צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם H6635 Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker out of the land מֵאֶ֣רֶץ H776 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of Egypt מִצְרָ֑יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular You must keep וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞ם H8104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker this הַזֶּ֛ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular day הַיּ֥וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular as a permanent עוֹלָֽם׃ H5769 Noun - masculine singular statute חֻקַּ֥ת H2708 Noun - feminine singular construct for the generations to come לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖ם H1755 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten
Verse 18

Original words

In the first [month] בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן H7223 Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular you are to eat תֹּאכְל֖וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural unleavened bread מַצֹּ֑ת H4682 Noun - feminine plural from the evening בָּעֶ֔רֶב H6153 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular of the fourteenth בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ H702 Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular . . . עָשָׂ֨ר H6240 Number - masculine singular day י֤וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular . . . לַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ H2320 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular until עַ֠ד H5704 Preposition the evening בָּעָֽרֶב׃ H6153 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular of the twenty-first הָאֶחָ֧ד H259 Article | Number - masculine singular . . . וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים H6242 Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural . . . לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ H2320 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular day י֣וֹם H3117 Noun - masculine singular construct
Verse 19

Original words

For seven שִׁבְעַ֣ת H7651 Number - masculine singular construct days יָמִ֔ים H3117 Noun - masculine plural there must be no לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle leaven שְׂאֹ֕ר H7603 Noun - masculine singular found יִמָּצֵ֖א H4672 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular in your houses בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֑ם H1004 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural If כִּ֣י׀ H3588 Conjunction anyone כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct eats אֹכֵ֣ל H398 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular something leavened מַחְמֶ֗צֶת H2557 Noun - feminine singular that הַהִוא֙ H1931 Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular person הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ H5315 Article | Noun - feminine singular whether a foreigner בַּגֵּ֖ר H1616 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular or native וּבְאֶזְרַ֥ח H249 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the land הָאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular must be cut off וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה H3772 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular from the congregation מֵעֲדַ֣ת H5712 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 20

Original words

{You are} not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to eat תֹאכֵ֑לוּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural anything כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct leavened מַחְמֶ֖צֶת H2557 Noun - feminine singular eat תֹּאכְל֖וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural unleavened bread מַצּֽוֹת׃פ H4682 Noun - feminine plural in all בְּכֹל֙ H3605 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct your homes מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם H4186 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Verse 21

Original words

Then Moses מֹשֶׁ֛ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular summoned וַיִּקְרָ֥א H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular all לְכָל־ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct the elders זִקְנֵ֥י H2205 Adjective - masculine plural construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular and told וַיֹּ֣אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular them אֲלֵהֶ֑ם H413 Preposition | third person masculine plural Go at once מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ H4900 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural and select וּקְח֨וּ H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural for yourselves לָכֶ֥ם Preposition | second person masculine plural a lamb צֹ֛אן H6629 Noun - common singular for each family לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם H4940 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural and slaughter וְשַׁחֲט֥וּ H7819 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the Passover lamb הַפָּֽסַח׃ H6453 Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 22

Original words

Take וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural a cluster אֲגֻדַּ֣ת H92 Noun - feminine singular construct of hyssop אֵז֗וֹב H231 Noun - masculine singular dip וּטְבַלְתֶּם֮ H2881 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural it into the blood בַּדָּ֣ם H1818 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative in the basin בַּסַּף֒ H5592 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and brush וְהִגַּעְתֶּ֤ם H5060 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural - מִן־ H4480 Preposition the blood הַדָּ֖ם H1818 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative - בַּסָּ֑ף H5592 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular on אֶל־ H413 Preposition the top הַמַּשְׁקוֹף֙ H4947 Article | Noun - masculine singular and וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition vvv שְׁתֵּ֣י H8147 Number - feminine dual construct sides of the doorframe הַמְּזוּזֹ֔ת H4201 Article | Noun - feminine plural None לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle . . . אִ֥ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular of you וְאַתֶּ֗ם H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine plural shall go out תֵצְא֛וּ H3318 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural the door מִפֶּֽתַח־ H6607 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of his house בֵּית֖וֹ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition morning בֹּֽקֶר׃ H1242 Noun - masculine singular
Verse 23

Original words

When the LORD יְהוָה֮ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular passes through וְעָבַ֣ר H5674 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular to strike down לִנְגֹּ֣ף H5062 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the Egyptians מִצְרַיִם֒ H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular He will see וְרָאָ֤ה H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the blood הַדָּם֙ H1818 Article | Noun - masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the top הַמַּשְׁק֔וֹף H4947 Article | Noun - masculine singular and וְעַ֖ל H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition vvv שְׁתֵּ֣י H8147 Number - feminine dual construct sides of the doorframe הַמְּזוּזֹ֑ת H4201 Article | Noun - feminine plural - יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and will pass וּפָסַ֤ח H6452 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition that doorway הַפֶּ֔תַח H6607 Article | Noun - masculine singular so He will not וְלֹ֤א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle allow יִתֵּן֙ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the destroyer הַמַּשְׁחִ֔ית H7843 Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular to enter לָבֹ֥א H935 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition your houses בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם H1004 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural and strike you down לִנְגֹּֽף׃ H5062 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 24

Original words

And you are to keep וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם H8104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker this הַזֶּ֑ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular command הַדָּבָ֣ר H1697 Article | Noun - masculine singular as a עַד־ H5704 Preposition permanent עוֹלָֽם׃ H5769 Noun - masculine singular statute לְחָק־ H2706 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct for you לְךָ֥ Preposition | second person masculine singular and your descendants וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ H1121 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 25

Original words

- וְהָיָ֞ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular When כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you enter תָבֹ֣אוּ H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the land הָאָ֗רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular that אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular will give יִתֵּ֧ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular you לָכֶ֖ם Preposition | second person masculine plural as כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative He promised דִּבֵּ֑ר H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular you are to keep וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם H8104 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker this הַזֹּֽאת׃ H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular service הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה H5656 Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 26

Original words

- וְהָיָ֕ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular When כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction your children בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural ask you יֹאמְר֥וּ H559 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural . . . אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם H413 Preposition | second person masculine plural What מָ֛ה H4100 Interrogative does this service הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה H5656 Article | Noun - feminine singular mean הַזֹּ֖את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular to you לָכֶֽם׃ Preposition | second person masculine plural
Verse 27

Original words

you are to reply וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֡ם H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural It ה֜וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular is the Passover פֶּ֨סַח H6453 Noun - masculine singular sacrifice זֶֽבַח־ H2077 Noun - masculine singular construct to the LORD לַֽיהוָ֗ה H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular who אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative passed פָּ֠סַח H6452 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition the houses בָּתֵּ֤י H1004 Noun - masculine plural construct vvv בְנֵֽי־ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct of the Israelites יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular in Egypt בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם H4714 Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular when He struck down בְּנָגְפּ֥וֹ H5062 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker - מִצְרַ֖יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular the Egyptians וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and spared הִצִּ֑יל H5337 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular our homes בָּתֵּ֣ינוּ H1004 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Then the people הָעָ֖ם H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular bowed down וַיִּקֹּ֥ד H6915 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular and worshiped וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃ H7812 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Verse 28

Original words

And the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular went וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ H1980 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural and did וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural just what כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker had commanded צִוָּ֧ה H6680 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Moses מֹשֶׁ֥ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular and Aaron וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן H175 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular - כֵּ֥ן H3651 Adverb - עָשֽׂוּ׃ס H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural

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