²⁴ “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance^(A) for you and your descendants. ²⁵ When you enter the land^(B) that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. ²⁶ And when your children^(C) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ ²⁷ then tell them, ‘It is the Passover^(D) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”^(E) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.^(F)

¹⁵ “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;^(A) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,^(B) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.^(C)

The Passover^(A)

16 Observe the month of Aviv^(B) and celebrate the Passover^(C) of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. ² Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.^{(D) 3} Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,^(E) because you left Egypt in haste^(F)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.^{(G) 4} Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening^(H) of the first day remain until morning.^(I)

⁵ You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you ⁶ except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary^[a](J) of your departure from Egypt. ⁷ Roast^(K) it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. ⁸ For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly^(L) to the Lord your God and do no work.^(M)