24. “And you shall guard this word as a law for you and your sons, forever.
25. “And it shall be, when you come to the land which יהוה gives you, as He promised, that you shall guard this service.
26. “And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
27. then you shall say, ‘It is the Passover slaughtering of יהוה, who passed over the houses of the children of Yisra’ĕl in Mitsrayim when He smote the Mitsrites and delivered our households.’ ” And the people bowed their heads and did obeisance.
28. And the children of Yisra’ĕl went away and did so – as יהוה had commanded Mosheh and Aharon, so they did.
29. And it came to be at midnight that יהוה smote all the first-born in the land of Mitsrayim, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of livestock.
30. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants, and all the Mitsrites. And there was a great cry in Mitsrayim, for there was not a house where there was not a dead one.
31. Then he called for Mosheh and Aharon by night, and said, “Arise, go out from the midst of my people, both you and the children of Yisra’ĕl. And go, serve יהוה as you have said.
32. “Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go. Then you shall bless me too.”
33. And the Mitsrites urged the people, to hasten to send them away out of the land. For they said, “We are all dying!”
34. And the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their garments on their shoulders.
35. And the children of Yisra’ĕl had done according to the word of Mosheh, and they had asked from the Mitsrites objects of silver, and objects of gold, and garments.