23. For the Lord will pass through to kill the Egyptians. And when He sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not permit the destroyer to come to your houses to kill you.
24. “And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.
25. When you enter the land which the Lord will give you, according as He has promised, that you shall observe this service.
26. And when your children shall say to you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
27. that you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our households.’ ” And the people bowed down and worshipped.
28. Then the children of Israel went and did so. Just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
29. At midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon and all the firstborn of livestock.
30. Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not someone dead.
31. Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, “Rise up, and get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel, and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.
32. Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also.”
33. The Egyptians urged the people, so that they might send them out of the land in haste, for they said, “We all will be dead.”
34. So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
35. Now the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses, and they requested of the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing.
36. And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
37. Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
38. A mixed multitude also went up with them along with flocks and herds, a large amount of livestock.