Daily Discovery Bible Study

1 The Lord told Moses and Aaron while they were still in Egypt,2 “This month will be for you the first month, the first month of your year.3 Tell all the Israelites that on the tenth day of this month, every man must choose a lamb for his family, one for each household.4 However, if the household is too small for a whole lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor may choose a lamb according to the total number of people. Divide up the lamb depending on what everybody can eat.5 Your lamb must be a year-old male without any defects, and you can take it either from the sheep or the goats.

6 Keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the Israelites will slaughter the animals after sunset and before it gets dark.7 They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they have the meal.8 They are to roast the meat over a fire and eat it that night, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.9 You are not to eat the meat raw or boiled in water. All of it must be roasted it over a fire, including the head, legs, and its insides.10 Make sure nothing is left until the morning. If there is anything left over, burn it by morning.

11 This is how you are to eat the meal. You should be dressed ready to travel, with your sandals on your feet and your walking stick in your hand. You are to eat quickly—it is the Lord's Passover.12 That very night I will go all through Egypt and kill every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring condemnation on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.13 The blood on the houses where you live will mark them out. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. No deathly plague will fall on you to destroy you when I attack Egypt.

14 This will be a day to remember for you. You are to celebrate it as a festival to the Lord for generations to come. You will observe this for all time to come.

Exodus 12: 1-14