Now you shall eatit in thismanner:[with] your loinsgirded,your sandalson your feet,and your staffin your hand;and you shall eatit in haste--it is the LORD'SPassover.
Then the kingcommandedallthe peoplesaying,"Celebratethe Passoverto the LORDyour Godas it is writtenin thisbookof the covenant."
The bloodshall be a signfor you on the houseswhereyou live; and when I seethe bloodI will passoveryou, and noplaguewill befallyou to destroy[you] when I strikethe landof Egypt.
Then Mosescalledfor allthe eldersof Israeland saidto them, "Goand takefor yourselves lambsaccording to your families,and slaythe Passover[lamb].
you shall say,'It is a Passoversacrificeto the LORDwhopassedoverthe housesof the sonsof Israelin Egyptwhen He smotethe Egyptians,but sparedour homes.'"And the peoplebowedlowand worshiped.
The LORDsaidto Mosesand Aaron,"Thisis the ordinanceof the Passover:noforeigneris to eatof it;
But you will not goout in haste,Norwill you goas fugitives;For the LORDwill gobeforeyou, And the Godof Israel[will be] your rearguard.
"In the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the month,you shall havethe Passover,a feastof sevendays;unleavenedbreadshall be eaten.
In the firstmonth,on the fourteenthday of the monthat twilightis the LORD'SPassover.
Then on the fourteenthdayof the firstmonthshall be the LORD'SPassover.
Thus the LORDspoketo Mosesin the wildernessof Sinai,in the firstmonthof the secondyearafter they had comeout of the landof Egypt,saying,
"Be dressed in readiness,and [keep] your lampslit.
"But the fathersaidto his slaves,'Quicklybringout the bestrobeand putit on him, and puta ringon his handand sandalson his feet;
Now His parentswentto Jerusalemeveryyearat the Feastof the Passover.
and standingbehind[Him] at His feet,weeping,she beganto wetHis feetwith her tears,and kept wipingthem with the hairof her head,and kissingHis feetand anointingthem with the perfume.
Cleanout the oldleavensothat you may be a newlump,justas you are [in fact] unleavened.For Christour Passoveralsohas been sacrificed.
and having shodYOUR FEETWITH THE PREPARATIONOF THE GOSPELOF PEACE;
"Observethe monthof Abiband celebratethe Passoverto the LORDyour God,for in the monthof Abibthe LORDyour Godbroughtyou out of Egyptby night.
While the sonsof Israelcampedat Gilgalthey observedthe Passoveron the eveningof the fourteenthdayof the monthon the desertplainsof Jericho.
Therefore,prepareyour mindsfor action, keep sober[in spirit], fix your hopecompletelyon the graceto be broughtto you at the revelationof JesusChrist.