³ Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb^[a](A) for his family, one for each household.^{(B) 4} If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. ⁵ The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,^(C) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. ⁶ Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,^(D) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.^{(E) 7} Then they are to take some of the blood^(F) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. ⁸ That same night^(G) they are to eat the meat roasted^(H) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,^(I) and bread made without yeast.^{(J) 9} Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.^{(K) 10} Do not leave any of it till morning;^(L) if some is left till morning, you must burn it. ¹¹ This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste;^(M) it is the Lord’s Passover.^(N)

⁵ The Lord’s Passover^(A) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.^(B)

⁸ For seven days present a food offering to the Lord.^(A) And on the seventh day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.’”

² “Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover^(A) at the appointed time.^{(B) 3} Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month,^(C) in accordance with all its rules and regulations.^(D)”

⁴ So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,^(E)

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.^{(A) 3} Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,^(B) because you left Egypt in haste^(C)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.^{(D) 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^(E) of the first day remain until morning.^(F)

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](G) of your departure from Egypt. ⁷ Roast^(H) 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^(I) to the Lord your God and do no work.^(J)