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Exodus 12:21
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19 For aseven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land.  
20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”
21 Then aMoses called for all the belders of Israel and said to them, c“Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb.  
22 aAnd you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and bstrike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.  
23 aFor the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the bblood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and cnot allow dthe destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.  
24 And you shall aobserve this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever.  
25 It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, jaust as He promised, that you shall keep this service.  
26 aAnd it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’  
Verse Comparison: Exodus 12:21

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American Standard Version
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the passover.

Amplified® Bible
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Go forth, select and take a lamb according to your families and kill the Passover [lamb].

Contemporary English Version
Moses called the leaders of Israel together and said: Each family is to pick out a sheep and kill it for Passover.

Darby English Version
And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Seize and take yourselves lambs for your families, and kill the passover.

Good News Bible
Moses called for all the leaders of Israel and said to them, "Each of you is to choose a lamb or a young goat and kill it, so that your families can celebrate Passover.

King James Version
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

New American Standard Bible
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover {lamb.}

New International Version
Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.

New King James Version
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb.

Revised Standard Version
Then Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Select lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the passover lamb.

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses calleth for all the elders of Israel, and saith unto them, `Draw out and take for yourselves `from' the flock, for your families, and slaughter the passover-sacrifice;


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