Exodus 12:31-42

31Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron during the night. He said, “You and the Israelites must leave my people at once. Go, worship the Lord as you asked.

32Take your flocks and herds, too, as you asked. Just go! And bless me, too!”

33The Egyptians begged the people to leave the country quickly. They said, “Soon we’ll all be dead!”

34So the people picked up their bread dough before it had risen and carried it on their shoulders in bowls, wrapped up in their clothes.

35The Israelites did what Moses had told them and asked the Egyptians for gold and silver jewelry and for clothes.

36The Lord made the Egyptians generous to the people, and they gave them what they asked for. So the Israelites stripped Egypt of its wealth.

37The Israelites left Rameses to go to Succoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, plus all the women and children.

38Many other people also went with them, along with large numbers of sheep, goats, and cattle.

39With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked round, flat bread. The dough hadn’t risen because they’d been thrown out of Egypt and had no time to prepare food for the trip.

40The Israelites had been living in Egypt for 430 years.

41After exactly 430 years all the Lord’s people left Egypt in organized family groups.

42That night the Lord kept watch to take them out of Egypt. (All Israelites in future generations must keep watch on this night, since it is dedicated to the Lord.)