¹² “On that same night I will pass through^(A) Egypt and strike down^(B) every firstborn^(C) of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods^(D) of Egypt. I am the Lord.^{(E) 13} The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over^(F) you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.^(G)

²⁸ The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded^(A) Moses and Aaron.

²⁹ At midnight^(B) the Lord^(C) struck down all the firstborn^(D) in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock^(E) as well. ³⁰ Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing^(F) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

The Exodus

³¹ During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Go, worship^(G) the Lord as you have requested. ³² Take your flocks and herds,^(H) as you have said, and go. And also bless^(I) me.”

³³ The Egyptians urged the people to hurry^(J) and leave^(K) the country. “For otherwise,” they said, “we will all die!”^{(L) 34} So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs^(M) wrapped in clothing. ³⁵ The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold^(N) and for clothing.^{(O) 36} The Lord had made the Egyptians favorably disposed^(P) toward the people, and they gave them what they asked for; so they plundered^(Q) the Egyptians.

⁵⁰ All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded^(A) Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹ And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt^(B) by their divisions.^(C)

⁴ On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait^(A) for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.^{(B) 5} For John baptized with^[a] water,^(C) but in a few days you will be baptized with^[b] the Holy Spirit.”^(D)

⁶ Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore^(E) the kingdom to Israel?”

⁷ He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.^{(F) 8} But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;^(G) and you will be my witnesses^(H) in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,^(I) and to the ends of the earth.”^(J)

⁹ After he said this, he was taken up^(K) before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

¹⁰ They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white^(L) stood beside them. ¹¹ “Men of Galilee,”^(M) they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back^(N) in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”