God's Word Translation

Exodus 12:19-24 God's Word Translation (GW)

19. There should be no yeast in your houses for seven days. Whoever eats anything with yeast in it must be excluded from the community of Israel, whether he is an Israelite or not.

20. Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat ⌊only⌋ unleavened bread.”

21. Then Moses called for all the leaders of Israel. He said to them, “Pick out a lamb or a young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animal.

22. Take the branch of a hyssop plant, dip it in the blood which is in a bowl, and put some of the blood on the top and sides of the doorframes ⌊of your houses⌋. No one may leave the house until morning.

23. The Lord will go throughout Egypt to kill the Egyptians. When he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, he will pass over that doorway, and he will not let the destroyer come into your home to kill you.

24. “You must follow these instructions. They are a permanent law for you and your children.