32. Take all of your sheep and cattle with you, just as you said you would. Go! And say a blessing for me too.”
33. The people of Egypt also asked them to hurry and leave. They said, “If you don’t leave, we will all die!”
34. The Israelites did not have time to put the yeast in their bread. They just wrapped the bowls of dough with cloth and carried them on their shoulders.
35. Then the Israelites did what Moses asked them to do. They went to their Egyptian neighbors and asked for clothing and things made from silver and gold.
36. The Lord caused the Egyptians to be kind to the Israelites, so the Egyptians gave their riches to the Israelites.
37. The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, not counting the small boys.
38. A great number of people who were not Israelites went with them, along with many sheep, cattle, and other livestock.
39. The people did not have time to put yeast in their bread or make any special food for their journey. So they had to bake their bread without yeast.
40. The Israelites had lived in Egypt for 430 years.
41. After 430 years, to the very day, all the armies of the Lord left Egypt.
42. The night they left, the Lord watched over them to bring them safely out of Egypt. So the Israelites will always celebrate this night each year to remember what the Lord did.