Common English Bible

Exodus 12:32-39 Common English Bible (CEB)

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.

34. So the people picked up their bread dough before the yeast made it rise, with their bread pans wrapped in their robes on their shoulders.

35. The Israelites did as Moses had told them and asked the Egyptians for their silver and gold jewelry as well as their clothing.

36. The Lord made sure that the Egyptians were kind to the people so that they let them have whatever they asked for. And so they robbed the Egyptians.

37. The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. They numbered about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.

38. A diverse crowd also went up with them along with a huge number of livestock, both flocks and herds.

39. They baked unleavened cakes from the dough they had brought out of Egypt. The dough didn’t rise because they were driven out of Egypt and they couldn’t wait. In fact, they didn’t have time to prepare any food for themselves.