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20 You shall eat nothing leavened; wherever you dwell you may eat only unleavened bread.

Promulgation of the Passover. 21 Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and procure lambs for your families, and slaughter the Passover victims. 22 (A)Then take a bunch of hyssop,[a] and dipping it in the blood that is in the basin, apply some of this blood to the lintel and the two doorposts. And none of you shall go outdoors until morning.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:22 Hyssop: a plant with many small woody branches that was convenient for a sprinkling rite.

20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live,(A) you must eat unleavened bread.”(B)

21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover(C) lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop,(D) dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood(E) on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning.

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