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20 You shall not eat leavened bread; in all your houses you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”

21 Celebration of the Passover. Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go and obtain a lamb for each family and slaughter it for the Passover.[a] 22 Take a bunch of hyssop[b] and dip it into the blood in the bowl and sprinkle the blood from the bowl on the lintel and the two doorposts. None of you shall go outside until the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:21 The reference is to the Passover lamb (Mt 26:17; 1 Cor 5:7)
  2. Exodus 12:22 Hyssop: was an aromatic plant used in purification rites.

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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