6. Keep the animal with you to take care of it until the fourteenth day of the month. On that day all the people of the community of Israel will kill these animals. They will do this as soon as the sun goes down.
7. The people must take some of the blood. They must put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes. These are the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
8. On this night they must roast the lamb over a fire. Then they must eat it with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast.
9. Do not eat the lamb raw or boiled in water. Roast the whole lamb over a fire—with its head, legs and inner organs.
10. You must not leave any of it until morning. But if any of it is left over until morning, you must burn it with fire.
11. “This is the way you must eat it: You must be fully dressed as if you were going on a trip. You must have your sandals on, and you must have your walking stick in your hand. You must eat it in a hurry. This is the Lord’s Passover.
12. “That night I will go through the land of Egypt. I will kill all the firstborn of animals and people in the land of Egypt. I will punish all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.