29. At midnight the Lord killed all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt. The firstborn of the king, who sat on the throne, died. Even the firstborn of the prisoner in jail died. Also all the firstborn farm animals died.
30. The king, his officers and all the Egyptians got up during the night. Someone had died in every house. So there was loud crying everywhere in Egypt.
31. During the night the king called for Moses and Aaron. He said to them, “Get up and leave my people. You and your people may do as you have asked. Go and worship the Lord.
32. Take all of your sheep and cattle as you have asked. Go. And also bless me.”
33. The Egyptians also asked the Israelites to hurry and leave. They said, “If you don’t leave, we will all die!”
34. The people of Israel took their dough before the yeast was added. They wrapped the bowls for making dough in clothing and carried them on their shoulders.
35. The people of Israel did what Moses told them to do. They asked their Egyptian neighbors for things made of silver and gold and for clothing.
36. The Lord caused the Egyptians to think well of the Israelites. So the Israelites took rich gifts from the Egyptians.
37. The Israelites traveled from Rameses to Succoth. There were about 600,000 men walking. This does not include the women and children.
38. Many other people who were not Israelites went with them. A large number of sheep, goats and cattle went with them.
39. The Israelites used the dough they had brought out of Egypt. They baked loaves of bread without yeast. The dough had no yeast in it because they had been rushed out of Egypt. So they had no time to get food ready for their trip.
40. The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years.
41. On the day the 430 years ended, the Lord’s divisions of people left Egypt.
42. That night the Lord kept watch to bring them out of Egypt. So on this same night the Israelites are to keep watch. They are to do this to honor the Lord from now on.
43. The Lord told Moses and Aaron, “Here are the rules for Passover: No foreigner is to eat the Passover.
44. Suppose a person buys a slave and circumcises him. Then the slave may eat the Passover.
45. But no one who lives for a short time in your country may eat it. No hired worker may eat it.
46. “The meal must be eaten inside the house. None of the meat is to be taken outside the house. Don’t break any of the bones.