Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to Pesach / Passover - this week’s Torah reading


Prophecy 33, 53, 85;
Exodus 12:21-51; Numbers 28:16-25;
Joshua 5:2-6:1;
John 19:31-20:1



EXODUS 12:21-51


21 And Moses called to all the elders of Israel and said to them, Draw out and take of the flock for you and for your families, and kill the passover.
22 And take a bunch of hyssop and dip in the blood in the basin. And touch some of the blood in the basin to the lintel and on the two doorposts. And you shall not go out, anyone from the door of his house until morning.
23 And YAHUVEH will pass through to strike Egypt. And He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and YAHUVEH will pass over the door. And He will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
24 And you shall observe this Word for an ordinance for you, and for your sons forever.
25 And it shall be, when you come into the land which YAHUVEH shall give to you, as He has spoken, you shall observe this service.
26 And it shall be, when your sons say to you, What is this service to you?
27 Then you shall say, A sacrifice of a passover of YAHUVEH, who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck Egypt. And He delivered our houses. And the people bowed and worshiped.
28 And the sons of Israel went out and did as YAHUVEH commanded Moses and Aaron. So they did.
29 And it happened at midnight. YAHUVEH struck every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh, the one sitting on the throne, to the first-born of the captive who was in the prison house, and every first-born of animals.
30 And Pharaoh arose by 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 a one who had died.
31 And he sent a proclamation to Moses and Aaron by night, and it read, Arise, go out from the midst of my people, both you and the sons of Israel. And go serve YAHUVEH according to your word.
32 Take both your flocks and your herds, as you said, and go. And bless me also.
33 And the Egyptians were strong on the people, to hasten to send them away from the land. For they said, All of us will be dead.
34 And the people took up their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.
35 And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses. And they asked from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing.
36 And YAHUVEH gave favor to the people in the eyes of the Egyptians. And they granted their requests. And they plundered Egypt.
37 And the sons of Israel traveled from Rameses to Succoth, the men being about six hundred thousand on foot, apart from little ones.
38 And also a mixed multitude went up with them, and flocks, and herds, very many livestock.
39 And they baked the dough which they brought out from Egypt into unleavened cakes. For it was not leavened, because they were driven out from Egypt, and they were not able to delay. And also they had not prepared food for a journey for themselves.
40 And the time of the dwelling of the sons of Israel, which they dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.
41 And it happened, from the end of four hundred and thirty years, it happened on this day, all the armies of YAHUVEH went out from the land of Egypt.
42 It is a night of celebration to YAHUVEH, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This night is a celebration for all the sons of Israel to their generations.
43 And YAHUVEH said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover. No heathen may eat of it.
44 And every man's slave, a purchase of silver, you shall circumcise him, then he may eat of it.
45A foreigner and a hired servant may not eat of it.
46 It shall be eaten in one house. You shall not carry any of the flesh outside from the house. And you shall not break a bone in it.
47 All the congregation of Israel shall prepare it.
48 And when a visitor shall stay with you, and will do the Passover to YAHUVEH, let every male to him be cir-cumcised, (in covenant relationship) and then he may come near to prepare it. And he shall be like a native of the land. But any uncircumcised (non-covenant person) may not eat of it.
49 One law shall be to the native, and to the visitor, the one staying in your midst.
50 And all the sons of Israel did as YAHUVEH commanded Moses and Aaron; so they did.
51 And it happened on this day, YAHUVEH brought out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt by their armies.

Numbers 28:16-25


16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of YAHUVEH.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month a feast: unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days.
18 In the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no work of service.
19 And you shall offer a fire offering, a burnt offering to YAHUVEH: two bulls, sons of the herd, and one ram, and seven lambs, sons of a year; they shall be ones without blemish for you;
20 and their food offering, flour mixed with oil. You shall prepare three tenths parts for a bull, and two tenths parts for a ram.
21 You shall prepare one tenth part for the one lamb, and for the seven lambs;
22 and one goat, a sin offering to atone for you,
23 besides the burnt offering of the morning, the continual burnt offering, you shall prepare these.
24 In this way you shall prepare daily, seven days, bread for a fire offering, a soothing fragrance to YAHUVEH. It shall be prepared besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
25 And on the seventh day you shall have a holy gathering; you shall do no work of service.