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Exodus 12:30-48 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

30. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, and all his servants, and all of Egypt. And there arose a great outcry in Egypt. For there was not a house in which no one lay dead.

31. And Pharaoh, calling Moses and Aaron in the night, said: "Rise up and go forth from among my people, you and the sons of Israel. Go, sacrifice to the Lord, just as you say.

32. Your sheep and herds take along with you, as you requested, and as you go away, bless me."

33. And the Egyptians urged the people to go away from the land quickly, saying, "We will all die."

34. Therefore, the people took bread dough before it was leavened. And tying it in their cloaks, they placed it on their shoulders.

35. And the sons of Israel did just as Moses had instructed. And they petitioned the Egyptians for vessels of silver and of gold, and very many garments.

36. Then the Lord granted favor to the people in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they bestowed on them. And they despoiled the Egyptians.

37. And the sons of Israel set out from Rameses to Soccoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides little ones.

38. But also an innumerable mix of common people ascended with them, sheep and herds and animals of diverse kinds, exceedingly many.

39. And they baked the bread, which a little while ago they had taken out of Egypt as dough. And they made unleavened bread baked under ashes. For it was not able to be leavened, with the Egyptians compelling them to leave and not permitting them to cause any delay. Neither did they have occasion to prepare any meat.

40. Now the habitation of the sons of Israel, while they remained in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

41. Having been completed, on the same day all the army of the Lord departed from the land of Egypt.

42. This night is a worthy observance of the Lord, when he led them out of the land of Egypt. This all the sons of Israel must observe in their generations.

43. And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron: "This is the religious observance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat from it.

44. But every bought servant shall be circumcised, and so he may eat from it.

45. The newcomer and the hired hand shall not eat from it.

46. In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry its flesh outside, nor shall you break its bone.

47. The entire assembly of the sons of Israel shall do this.

48. And if any sojourner will be willing to cross over into your settlement, and to keep the Passover of the Lord, all his males shall first be circumcised, and then he shall celebrate the rite. And he shall be just like a native of the land. But if any man is not circumcised, he shall not eat from it.

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