THE EXODUS

Passage: Exodus 12:31-51

Key verse: 31

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The Exodus

31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship(A) the Lord as you have requested. 32 Take your flocks and herds,(B) as you have said, and go. And also bless(C) me.”

33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry(D) and leave(E) the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”(F) 34 So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs(G) wrapped in clothing. 35 The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold(H) and for clothing.(I) 36 The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed(J) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered(K) the Egyptians.

37 The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(L) to Sukkoth.(M) There were about six hundred thousand men(N) on foot, besides women and children. 38 Many other people(O) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out(P) of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves.

40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt[a] was 430 years.(Q) 41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions(R) left Egypt.(S) 42 Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.(T)

Passover Restrictions

43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal:(U)

“No foreigner(V) may eat it. 44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(W) him, 45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker(X) may not eat it.

46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.(Y) 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land.(Z) No uncircumcised(AA) male may eat it. 49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner(AB) residing among you.”

50 All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded(AC) Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt(AD) by their divisions.(AE)

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  1. Exodus 12:40 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint Egypt and Canaan
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31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, (A)both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. 32 (B)Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!”

The Exodus

33 (C)The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had (D)asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 (E)And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that (F)they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.

37 And the (G)people of Israel journeyed from (H)Rameses to Succoth, (I)about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 A (J)mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because (K)they were thrust out of Egypt and (L)could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.

40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of (M)430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a (N)night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.

Institution of the Passover

43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every slave[a] that is (O)bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 (P)No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and (Q)you shall not break any of its bones. 47 (R)All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 (S)If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he (T)shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 There shall be (U)one law for the native and for the (V)stranger who sojourns among you.”

50 All the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the (W)Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their (X)hosts.

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  1. Exodus 12:44 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)
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1. 'Go, worship the Lord...also bless me!' (31-36)

Pharaoh's son died. So he summoned Moses and Aaron that night and ordered the Israelites to leave Egypt. The Egyptians feared God. They urged the Israelites to hurry, and, when asked, gave them all their valuables, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham (Ge 15:14) in awesome detail.

2. The Lord kept vigil that night (37-51)

They left in such a hurry that they didn't have time to add yeast to the dough. Later, they baked the unleavened bread in the desert--and ever after celebrated the Passover with unleavened bread. In verses 43-51 the Lord gives Passover regulations. So Israel left Egypt--43

years after Jacob and his sons had come. Jacob's family of 7

had become a multitude of 6

,

men, plus women and children. Many non-Israelites left with them. The Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of slavery.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for keeping your promise to help all who believe and obey you to make an exodus from slavery to sin.

One Word: God brings us out of slavery