And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month: then [a]all the multitude of the congregation of Israel shall kill it [b]at even.

After, they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two posts, and on the upper doorpost of the houses where they shall eat it.

And they shall eat the flesh that same night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread: with sour herbs they shall eat it.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:6 Everyone his house.
  2. Exodus 12:6 Hebrew, between the two evenings, or twilight.

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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