29. At midnight the Lord killed the firstborn son of every Egyptian family, from the son of the king to the son of every prisoner in jail. He also killed the firstborn male of every animal that belonged to the Egyptians.
30. That night the king, his officials, and everyone else in Egypt got up and started crying bitterly. In every Egyptian home, someone was dead.
31. During the night the king sent for Moses and Aaron and told them, “Get your people out of my country and leave us alone! Go and worship the Lord, as you have asked.
32. Take your sheep, goats, and cattle, and get out. But ask your God to be kind to me.”
33. The Egyptians did everything they could to get the Israelites to leave their country fast. They said, “Please hurry and leave. If you don't, we will all be dead.”
34. So the Israelites quickly made some bread dough and put it in pans. But they did not mix any yeast in the dough to make it rise. They wrapped cloth around the pans and carried them on their shoulders.
35. The Israelites had already done what Moses had told them to do. They had gone to their Egyptian neighbours and asked for gold and silver and for clothes.
36. The Lord had made the Egyptians friendly towards the people of Israel, and they gave them whatever they asked for. In this way they carried away the wealth of the Egyptians when they left Egypt.
37. The Israelites walked from the city of Rameses to the city of Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand of them, not counting women and children.
38. Many other people went with them as well, and there were also a lot of sheep, goats, and cattle.
39. They left Egypt in such a hurry that they did not have time to prepare any food except the bread dough made without yeast. So they baked it and made thin bread.
40-41. The Lord's people left Egypt exactly four hundred and thirty years after they had arrived.
42. On that night the Lord kept watch for them, and on this same night each year Israel will always keep watch in honour of the Lord.
43. The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following instructions for celebrating Passover:No one except Israelites may eat the Passover meal.
44. Your slaves may eat the meal if they have been circumcised,
45. but no foreigners who work for you are allowed to have any.
46. The entire meal must be eaten inside, and no one may leave the house during the celebration.No bones of the Passover lamb may be broken.
47. And all Israelites must take part in the meal.
48. If anyone who isn't an Israelite wants to celebrate Passover with you, every man and boy in that family must first be circumcised. Then they may join in the meal, just like native Israelites. No uncircumcised man or boy may eat the Passover meal!
49. This law applies both to native Israelites and to those foreigners who live among you.