12 Then Yahweh told Mosheh and Aharon in Egypt,[ref] 2 “This month is to become the beginning of the months for you all—from now on it will be the first month of the new year. 3 Assemble the people and tell them that on the tenth of this month, every man who’s the head of the household must select a lamb or young goat for his family. 4 But if the household’s too small to cook a whole animal, then neighbours can combine and share—budgeting on how much each person eats. 5 You all can choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a perfect, one-year-old male—without any defects. 6 You all must take special care of those animals until the fourteenth day of this month, then every Israeli household will slaughter their animal early that evening. 7 Then they must take some of the blood and put it on both doorposts and on the lintel of the houses that they’ll be in when they eat it. 8 They must roast them on the fire and eat the meat that night, along with flat bread and bitter herbs. 9 Don’t eat any of the meat raw and don’t boil it in water—it must be roasted over the fire with its head, legs, and internal organs. 10 Nothing must be left by morning—anything that’s not eaten must be burnt in the fire. 11 And this is how you all must eat it: with your belts fastened on your waists, your sandals on your feet, and your staffs in your hands. You all must eat it in a hurry. It is the Passover to Yahweh.

12 Then during that night, I will move throughout Egypt and I will kill all the oldest males—both people and animals. I will execute judgement on all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh. 13 That blood on the doorposts and lintel will be your sign on the houses which you are all in. I will see the blood and will pass over above you all, and the plague won’t affect you all with destruction as I strike against Egypt. 14 Then this day will become a memorial for you all, and you’ll celebrate it as a festival to Yahweh for future generations—a statute that you’ll all celebrate forever.[ref]

15 For seven days you all must only eat flat bread made without yeast. Yes, on the first day you all must remove any yeast from your houses, because anyone who eats bread with yeast during those seven days, that person must be permanently driven out of Yisrael. 16 On the first day, you all must gather for a sacred assembly, and similarly on the seventh day. No work can be done on those days other than meal preparation. 17 You all must regularly observe the Flat Bread Celebration, because on this very day I will have brought your divisions out from Egypt. You all must observe this day throughout future generations—a statute that you’ll all celebrate forever. 18 Starting on 14th of the first month in the evening, you all must eat only flat bread until the 21st day of the month in the evening. 19 For seven days you all must have no yeast in your homes, because anyone who eats bread with yeast in it, that person must be driven out from the Israeli people whether they’re a foreigner or a native. 20 You all mustn’t eat anything made with yeast. Wherever you live, you all must only eat flat bread.

16 “Yahweh’s ‘passover’ ceremony will start on the 14th of the first month (Nisan = March/April) each year.[ref] 17 The 15th will be the start of the celebration—all your bread must be made without any rising agent.[ref] 18 That first day, there’s to be a sacred assembly. No regular work may be done that day. 19 You all must offer two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs with no defects to be burnt on the fire. 20 Their associated grain offerings must be three kilograms of fine flour mixed with olive for the bull, two kilograms for the ram, 21 and one kilogram for each of the seven lambs. 22 Also, bring one male goat as a sin offering to make yourselves right with God. 23 Those offerings must be in addition to the regular morning offerings 24 and must be offered for each of the seven days. The aroma of those burnt offerings will be pleasing to Yahweh, along with the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. 25 On the seventh day, there’s to be another sacred assembly. No regular work may be done that day.

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12 “On the 15th of that seventh month, there’s to be another sacred assembly. No regular work may be done that day which will begin seven days of celebration.[ref] 13 “You all must present thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old male lambs as a burnt offering that will be a pleasing aroma for Yahweh. Ensure that they have no defects. 14 Their associated grain offerings will be three kilograms of fine flour mixed with olive oil for each bull, two kilograms for each ram, 15 and one kilogram for each of the seven lambs. 16 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

17 “On the second day, you all must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen one-year-old male lambs without defects, 18 and their associated grain and drink offerings as already stipulated. 19 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

20 “On the third day, the sacrifice will be eleven young bulls, two rams, fourteen year-old male lambs without defects, 21 and their associated grain and drink offerings as already stipulated. 22 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

23 “On the fourth day, the sacrifice will be ten young bulls, two rams, fourteen year-old male lambs without defects, 24 and their associated grain and drink offerings as already stipulated. 25 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

26 “On the fifth day, the sacrifice will be nine young bulls, two rams, fourteen year-old male lambs without defects, 27 and their associated grain and drink offerings as already stipulated. 28 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

29 “On the sixth day, the sacrifice will be eight young bulls, two rams, fourteen year-old male lambs without defects, 30 and their associated grain and drink offerings as already stipulated. 31 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

32 “On the seventh day, the sacrifice will be seven young bulls, two rams, fourteen year-old male lambs without defects, 33 and their associated grain and drink offerings as already stipulated. 34 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

35 “On the eighth and final day, there’s to be another sacred assembly. No regular work may be done that day. 36 You all must present a young bull, a ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all unblemished, as a burnt offering that will be a pleasing aroma for Yahweh. 37 Their associated grain and drink offerings must be as already stipulated. 38 Also for your sins, sacrifice one male goat to make yourselves right with God, in addition to the regular burnt offerings with their associated grain and drink offerings.

9 Then Yahweh spoke to Mosheh (Moses) in the Sinai wilderness, in the first month of the second year after they’d left Egypt, 2 “The Israelis must observe ‘pass-over’ at the appointed time. 3 You all must celebrate it on the evening of the 14th of this month, following all the instructions that you’ve all been given previously.” 4 So Mosheh ordered the Israelis to prepare the ‘pass-over’, 5 and they celebrated it in the Sinai wilderness starting on the evening of the 14th of that first month, following all the instructions that Yahweh had given Mosheh.

16 “Yahweh’s ‘passover’ ceremony will start on the 14th of the first month (Nisan = March/April) each year.[ref]

16 Each year, honour your god Yahweh in the early spring by celebrating the ‘pass-over’, because it was one night in the early spring that he brought you out of Egpyt (Heb. Mitsrayim).[ref] 2 In order to celebrate, go to the place that your god Yahweh will choose to attach his name to, and there sacrifice to him one young animal from your flock or herd.

13 After you’ve brought in the grain harvest and pressed out the grape juice, you must celebrate the ‘Festival of Shelters’ for seven days.[ref] 14 You should celebrate along with your children and your servants, as well as any Levites and foreigners and orphans and widows who live in your town. 15 Honour your god Yahweh at the place he’ll choose, by celebrating for seven days because he’s blessed your harvest and all your other work.