²² Take a ·branch of the hyssop plant [^La bunch of hyssop], dip it into the bowl filled with blood, and then ·wipe [smear; ^Ltouch] the blood on the ·sides and tops of the doorframes [doorposts and lintel]. No one may ·leave that [^Lgo out of the door of his] house until morning. ²³ When the Lord ·goes [passes; crosses] through Egypt to ·kill [strike down; ^Lplague] the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the ·sides and tops of the doorframes [doorposts and lintel], and he will ·pass over [12:13] that house. He will not let the ·one who brings death [destroyer] come into your houses and ·kill [strike; plague] you.

²⁴ “You must keep this ·command [word] as a ·law [statute; ordinance; requirement] for you and your ·descendants [sons; children] ·from now on [forever].