Exodus · Chapter 12

[ edit] The Lord forſoþe ſeyde to Moyſes and Aaron in þe loond of Egipte, Þis moneþ to ȝow þe bigynnynge of þe moneþis ſhal be þe firſt in moneþes of þe ȝeer. Spek ȝe to al þe cumpanye of þe ſones of Yrael, and ſey ȝe to hem, Þe tenþe day of þis moneþ tak echon a lombe bi meyneſe and her howſis; if forſoþe þe noumbre is to litil, þat it may not ſuffice to eet þe lombe, he ſhal tak his neiȝbore, þat is ioyned to his hows after þe noumbre of þe ſoules, þat may ſuffice to þe etyng of þe lombe.

Forſoþe it ſhal ben a lombe wiþouten wemme, a maal of o ȝeer; after þe which riyt ȝe ſhulen take alſo a kydde; and ȝe ſhulen kepe it vnto þe fourtenþe day of þis moneþ; and al þe multitude of þe ſones of Yrael ſhal offre it at euen. And þei ſhulen take of his bloode, and leggen vpon eiþer poſt, and in þe þreſſhwoldes of þe howſes, in þe whiche þei ſhulen eet it; and þei ſhulen eet fleſh þat nyȝt, roſtid wiþ fier, and þerf looues wiþ wylde letuſe. Ȝe ſhulen not eten of it eny þing raw, ne ſoþun wiþ water, but oneli roſtid wiþ fier; þe heed wiþ his feet and entrayls ȝe ſhulen vowre; ne þere ſhal not leeue of it eny þing to to morwen; and if eny þing be laft, wiþ fier ȝe ſhulen brenne it.

So forſoþe ȝe ſhulen eten it; ȝe ſhulen girde about ȝoure reynes, and ȝe ſhulen haue ſhoon in ȝoure feet, holdynge ſtaues in hoondis; and ȝe ſhulen eete haſtiliche; it is forſoþe phaſe, þat is to ſeye, þe paſſyng forþ of þe Lord. And Y ſhall paſſe þurȝ al þe loond of Egipte þat nyȝt, and Y ſhal ſmyit alle þe firſt gotun in þe loond of Egipte, fro man vnto beeſte; and in alle þe goddis of Egipte Y ſhal make domes; Y a Lord. Þe bloode forſoþe ſhal be to ȝow into tokne, in þe houſis in þe which ȝe ſhulen be; and Y ſhal ſe þe bloode, and Y ſhal ouerpaſſe ȝow; and þere ſhal not be in ȝow a veniaunce deſtruyinge, whanne Y ſhal ſmyit þe loond of Egipte.

Forſoþe ȝe ſhulen han þis day into mynde, and ȝe ſhulen halwe it ſolempne to þe Lord in ȝoure generaciouns wiþ heriyng euerlaſtynge. Seuen daies ȝe ſhulen eten þerf breed; in þe firſt day þere ſhal be no ſour dowȝ in ȝoure howſes; who ſo euer etiþ ſowred breed, ſhal periſhe þat ſoule fro Yrael, fro þe firſt day vnto þe ſeuenþe day. Þe firſt day ſhal be holy and ſolempne, and þe ſeuenþe day ſhal be wurſhipful in þe ſame feeſte; no þing of werk ȝe ſhulen doon in hem, out tak þes þat perteyneþ to etyng; and ȝe ſhulen kepe þerf breed. Forſoþe in þat ſame day Y ſhal leede ȝoure ooſt out of þe loond of Egipte; and ȝe ſhulen kepe þis day in ȝoure generaciouns in ryte euerlaſtynge.

Þe firſte moneþ, þe fourtenþ day of þe moneþ, at euen, ȝe ſhulen eet þerf breed, vnto þe oon and twentiþ day of þe ſame moneþ at euen. Seuen dayes ſoure breed ſhal not be foundun in ȝoure howſes; who ſo etiþ ſoure breed, his ſoule ſhal periſhe fro þe companye of Yrael, as wel of cumlyngis, as of wiþ ynne borne of þe loond. Al ſoure breed ȝe ſhulen not eet, and in alle ȝoure dwellyng places ȝe ſhulen eet þerf breed.

Moyſes forſoþe clepide alle þe eldren of þe ſones of Yrael, and ſeyde to hem, Goþe, takynge a beeſte bi ȝoure meyneſe, offre ȝe paſke; and þe litil ſprynkil of yſop wetiþ in bloode, þat is in þe neþir þreſwold, and ſprengiþ of it þe ouerþreſwold, and eiþer poſt; noon of ȝow alle ſhal go out of þe dore of his hows vnto þe morwen tyde. Þe Lord forſoþe ſhal paſſe forþ ſmytynge þe Egipciens; and whanne he ſeeþ þe bloode in þe þreſwald, and in eiþer poſt, he ſhal ouer goo þe dore of þe hows, and he ſhall not ſuffre þe ſmyter goo into ȝoure howſis, and hurten. Kepe þow þis word lawful to þee and to þi ſones vnto wiþouten ende.

And whanne ȝe ſhulen goon into þe loond þat þe Lord is to ȝyue to ȝow, as he haþ bihotun, ȝe ſhulen kepe þes cerymonyes; and whanne ȝoure ſones ſhulen ſeye to ȝow, What is þis religioun? ȝe ſhulen ſeye to hem, It is þe ſacrifice for þe ouercomun enemys of þe paſſing of þe Lord, whanne he paſſide forþe vpon þe hows of þe ſones of Iſrael in Egipte, ſmytyng þe Egipciens, and oure hows delyuerynge. And þe puple bowid anowryde. And þe ſones of Yrael goon out, diden as þe Lord comaundyde to Moyſes and Aaron.

It was doon forſoþe in þe myddil of þe nyȝt, þe Lord ſmoot alle þe fyrſt gotun in þe loond of Egipte, fro þe fyrſt gotun of Pharao, þat ſat in his ſee, vnto þe firſt gotun of þe caytif womman, þat was in priſoun, and alle þe firſt gotun of beeſtis. And Pharao aroos þe nyȝt, and alle his ſeruauntis, and al Egipte; and þer was ſprongun a greet crye in Egipte; and forſoþe þere was not an hows, in þe which leye not þe deed. And Moyſes and Aaron clepid in þe nyȝt, Pharao ſeiþ, Ryſeþ, and goþ out fro my puple, and ȝe and þe ſones of Yrael; goþe, and ſacrifieþ to þe Lord, as ȝe ſeyn; ȝoure ſheip and ȝoure droues takiþ, as ȝe han aſkid; and goynge a wey bleſſe ȝe to me.

And þe Egipciens nediden þe puple to goon out of þe loond ſwiftly, ſeiynge, Alle we ſhulen dye! Þanne þe puple tok ſprengid meel, or it were ſowrid; and byndynge it in chaf, putte vpon her ſhuldres. And þe ſones of Yrael diden as þe Lord comaundide to Moyſes; and þei aſkiden of þe Egipciens ſilueren and goldun veſſels, and myche cloþing. Forſoþe þe Lord ȝaf grace to þe puple before þe Egipciens, þat þei wolden leene hem; and þei ſpuyleden þe Egipciens.

And þe ſones of Yrael ȝeden fro Remeſſe into Sochoþ, almooſt ſix hundryd þowſynd of foot men, wiþ outen children and wymmen; but and þe comoun of eiþer ſex or kynde vnnoumbrable ſteyden vp wiþ hem; ſheip, and droues, and ful many hauynge lijf of dyuerſe kynde. And þei bakiden meele, þat a litil before ſprengide þei token out of Egipte, and þei maden þerf looues vnder aſken; and þei myȝten not be maad ſowre, þe Egipciens conſtreynynge to goon out, and not ſuffrynge to mak eny dwellyng, ne eny þing of ſowel þere com to to maken redi.

Þe dwellyng places forſoþe of þe ſones of Yrael, þat þei dwelliden yn Egipte, was of four hundred and þretti ȝeer; þe whiche fulfillid, þe ſame day ȝede al þe ooſt of þe Lord out of þe loond of Egipte. Þis is nyȝt of þe Lord able to be kept, whanne he ladde hem out of þe loond of Egipte; þis owen to kepe alle þe ſones of Yrael in her generaciouns. Þe Lord forſoþe ſeide to Moyſes and Aaron, Þis is þe religioun of phaſk; ech alien ſhal not ete þerof; al forſoþe ſeruaunt bouȝt be he circumcidid, and ſo eet he; comlyng and hyryd ſeruaunt ſhulen not eet þereof; in oon hows it ſhal be etun, ne ȝe ſhulen not bere of his fleſhe out, ne boon of it ȝe ſhulen breek.

Alle þe companye of þe ſones of Yrael ſhal doo it; þat if eny of pilgrymes wole come into ȝoure heriyng of religioun, and do þe paſk of þe Lord, before eche maal child of him ſhal be circumcidid, and þanne wiþ riȝt he ſhal halewe, and he ſhal be togidere as a wiþ ynne gotun of þe loond; if eny forſoþe be not circumcidid, he ſhal not ete þerof. Þe ſame lawe ſhal be to þe wiþ ynne gotun, and to þe comlyng tilyer, þat pilgrimagiþ anentis ȝow. And alle þe ſones of Yrael diden as þe Lord comaundide to Moyſes and Aaron. And in þe ſame day þe Lord ladde þe ſones of Yrael out of þe loond of Egipte, bi her companyes.