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You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it [a]at twilight. Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel [above the door] of the houses in which they eat it.(A) They shall eat the meat that same night, roasted in fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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  1. Exodus 12:6 Lit between the two evenings, that is, between sunset and nightfall (likely 6:00-7:20 p.m.) each household was to slaughter its own lamb or goat.

Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(A) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.(B) Then they are to take some of the blood(C) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. That same night(D) they are to eat the meat roasted(E) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,(F) and bread made without yeast.(G)

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