The Israeli people left Egypt

31 That night the king summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “You and all the other Israeli people, must leave my country immediately! Go and worship Yahweh, as you requested! 32 Take your flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and leave! And ask Yahweh to bless me, also!”

33 Then the Israeli people did as Moses/I had told them. They went to their Egyptian neighbors and asked them for silver and gold jewelry and clothing. 34 Yahweh caused the Egyptian people to greatly respect the Israeli people, so they gave them what they asked for. In that way, they carried away the wealth of the Egyptian people. 35 The Egyptians urged the Israeli people to leave their country quickly. They said, “If you do not do that, we will all die!” 36 So the Israeli people prepared to leave at once. They took the bowls in which they mixed the dough to make bread, and the dough that was in the bowls without any yeast in it, and they wrapped the bowls in their cloaks. They put the bowls on their shoulders and left.

37 The Israeli people traveled from Rameses city to Succoth town. There were about 600,000 men who went, in addition to the women and children. 38 Many other people who were not Israelis went along with them. There were also livestock, the flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle. 39 On their way, they baked bread with the dough that they carried with them when they had been expelled from Egypt. The dough did not have yeast in it, because they were told to leave Egypt so quickly that they did not have enough time to get food ready to take with them, or enough time to mix yeast in the dough.

40 The Israeli people had lived in Egypt 430 years. 41 On the day that those 430 years ended, on that very day, all the tribes of Yahweh’s people left Egypt. 42 It was a night when Yahweh ◄protected/guarded over► them as he brought them out of Egypt. So this same night every year is a night that is dedicated to Yahweh, a night when the Israeli people in every generation remember how Yahweh protected our ancestors.