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You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then the whole assembly of the Israelite community is to slaughter the lambs at sunset.[a] They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat the lamb. That night they shall eat the meat that has been roasted over a fire, along with unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.

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  1. Exodus 12:6 Literally between the evenings, very likely between sunset and darkness

Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(A) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.(B) Then they are to take some of the blood(C) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night(D) they are to eat the meat roasted(E) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,(F) and bread made without yeast.(G)

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