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Exodus 12:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 12:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 Do not let any of it be kept until the morning. Whatever is left over in the morning shall be burned in the fire. 11 This is how you shall eat it, with your loins girt and sandals on your feet and a staff in your hand. Eat it quickly. It is the Passover[a] of the Lord.
12 “ ‘On that night I will pass over the land of Egypt and strike the firstborn of the land of Egypt, both human and animal, to render justice against all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord.
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- Exodus 12:11 Passover: Hebrew, pesah, “passage”; that is, the Lord passed by, leaving untouched the houses marked with blood. The etymology of the Hebrew word is disputed.
