Now the LORDsaidto Mosesand Aaronin the landof Egypt,
"Nowtherefore, restorethe man'swife,for he is a prophet,and he will prayfor you and you will live.But ifyou do not restore[her], knowthat you shall surelydie,you and allwhoare yours."
Thus the sonsof Israelwho were presentcelebratedthe Passoverat that time,and the Feastof UnleavenedBreadsevendays.
Mosesand AaronperformedallthesewondersbeforePharaoh;yet the LORDhardenedPharaoh'sheart,and he did not letthe sonsof Israelgoout of his land.
"Speaknowin the hearingof the peoplethat eachmanaskfrom his neighborand eachwomanfrom her neighborfor articlesof silverand articlesof gold."
In the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the monthat evening,you shall eatunleavenedbread,untilthe twenty-firstdayof the monthat evening.
"Thismonthshall be the beginningof monthsfor you; it is to be the firstmonthof the yearto you.
Now the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
"On the firstdayof the firstmonthyou shall setup the tabernacleof the tentof meeting.
"In the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the month,you shall havethe Passover,a feastof sevendays;unleavenedbreadshall be eaten.
Then on the fourteenthdayof the firstmonthshall be the LORD'SPassover.
"Now, let the sonsof Israelobservethe Passoverat its appointedtime.
"On the fourteenthdayof thismonth,at twilight,you shall observeit at its appointedtime;you shall observeit according to allits statutesand according to allits ordinances."
They observedthe Passoverin the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the month,at twilight,in the wildernessof Sinai;according to allthat the LORDhad commandedMoses,sothe sonsof Israeldid.
Nowthe Passoverand UnleavenedBread were twodaysaway;and the chief priestsand the scribeswere seekinghowto seizeHim by stealthand kill[Him];
Nowthe Feastof UnleavenedBread, which is calledthe Passover,was approaching.
When he had seizedhim, he puthim in prison,deliveringhim to foursquadsof soldiersto guardhim, intendingafterthe Passoverto bringhim out before the people.
Then a manof Godcameto Eliand saidto him, "Thussaysthe LORD,Did I [not] indeedrevealMyself to the houseof your fatherwhen they were in Egypt[in bondage] to Pharaoh'shouse?
