26. And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean to you?’
27. you will say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. When he struck down the Egyptians, he spared our houses.’" The people then bowed down and worshipped.
28. The Israelites went and did exactly what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron to do.
29. At midnight the Lord struck down all the first offspring in the land of Egypt, from the oldest child of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the oldest child of the prisoner in jail, and all the first offspring of the animals.
30. When Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the Egyptians got up that night, a terrible cry of agony rang out across Egypt because every house had someone in it who had died.
31. Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron that night and said, "Get up! Get away from my people, both you and the Israelites! Go! Worship the Lord, as you said!
32. You can even take your flocks and herds, as you asked. Just go! And bring a blessing on me as well!"
33. The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the land because they thought, We’ll all be dead.