Exodus 12:21Easy To Read VersionSo Moses called all the elders (leaders) together. Moses told them, “Get the lambs for your families. Kill the lambs for the Passover. See the chapter |
“When you eat the meal, you must be fully dressed like you are going on a journey. You must have your shoes on your feet and your walking stick in your hand. You must eat in a hurry. Why? Because this is the Lord’s Passover [64] —{the time when the Lord protected his people and led them quickly out of Egypt}.
{The Lord also said,} “Go and gather together the elders (leaders) of the people and tell them, ‘YAHWEH, [23] the God of your ancestors, [24] has appeared to me. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob spoke to me. The Lord says: I have been watching over you and I have seen the things that people did to you in Egypt.