While the sonsof Israelcampedat Gilgalthey observedthe Passoveron the eveningof the fourteenthdayof the monthon the desertplainsof Jericho.
"See,I am going to waitat the fordsof the wildernessuntilwordcomesfrom you to informme."
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.
In the first[month], on the fourteenthdayof the monthat evening,you shall eatunleavenedbread,untilthe twenty-firstdayof the monthat evening.
You shall keepit untilthe fourteenthdayof the samemonth,then the wholeassemblyof the congregationof Israelis to killit at twilight.
But the armyof the Chaldeanspursuedthem and overtookZedekiahin the plainsof Jericho;and they seizedhim and broughthim up to Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonat Riblahin the landof Hamath,and he passedsentenceon him.
"Therefore, sonof man,preparefor yourself baggagefor exileand gointo exileby dayin their sight;even gointo exilefrom your placeto anotherplacein their sight.Perhapsthey will understandthoughthey are a rebellioushouse.
In the firstmonth,on the fourteenthday of the monthat twilightis the LORD'SPassover.
"My people,remembernowWhatBalakkingof MoabcounseledAnd whatBalaamsonof Beoransweredhim, [And] from Shittimto Gilgal,Sothat you might knowthe righteousactsof the LORD."
Now the peoplecameup from the Jordanon the tenthof the firstmonthand campedat Gilgalon the easternedgeof Jericho.
On the dayafterthe Passover,on that veryday,they atesomeof the produceof the land,unleavenedcakesand parched[grain].
They wentto Joshuato the campat Gilgaland saidto him and to the menof Israel,"We have comefrom a farcountry;nowtherefore, makea covenantwith us."
He used to goannuallyon circuitto Betheland Gilgaland Mizpah,and he judgedIsraelin alltheseplaces.
