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For seven days yeast must not be found in your houses, because anyone eating food with yeast will be cut off from the community of Israel—whether an alien or a native of the land.

And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and he said to them, "Select and take for yourselves sheep for your clans and slaughter the Passover sacrifice.

"And you will keep this event as a rule for you and for your children forever.

And when your children say to you, ‘What is this religious custom for you?'

you will say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice for Yahweh, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck Egypt; and he delivered our houses.'" And the people knelt down and they worshiped.

And the Israelites did according to the word of Moses, and they asked from the Egyptians for objects of silver and objects of gold and for clothing.

And they baked the dough that they had brought out from Egypt as cakes, unleavened bread, because it had no yeast when they were driven out from Egypt, and they were not able to delay, and also they had not made provisions for themselves.

It is a night of vigils belonging to Yahweh for bringing them out from the land of Egypt; it is this night belonging to Yahweh with vigils for all of the Israelites throughout their generations.

And when an alien dwells with you and he wants to prepare the Passover for Yahweh, every male belonging to him must be circumcised, and then he may come near to prepare it, and he will be as the native of the land, but any uncircumcised man may not eat it.

One law will be for the native and for the alien who is dwelling in your midst."

Seven days you will eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day will be a feast for Yahweh.

Unleavened bread will be eaten the seven days; food with yeast will not be seen for you; and yeast will not be seen for you in all your territory.

And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out from Egypt.'

you will hand over every first offspring of a womb to Yahweh, and every first offspring dropped by a domestic animal that will belong to you, the males will be for Yahweh.

Isn't this the word we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone so that we can serve Egypt!' because serving Egypt is better for us than our dying in the desert."

And Moses said to the people, "You must not be afraid. Stand still and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will accomplish for you today, because the Egyptians whom you see today you will see never again.

Yahweh will fight for you, and you must be quiet."

And as for me, look, I am about to harden the heart of the Egyptians so that they come after them, and I will display my glory through Pharaoh and through all of his army, through his chariots and through his charioteers.

And the Israelites entered the middle of the sea on the dry land. The waters were a wall for them on their right and on their left.

And he removed the wheels of their chariots so that they drove them with difficulty, and the Egyptians said, "We must flee away from Israel because Yahweh is fighting for them against Egypt."