New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 12:14-20

14‘Nowthisהַזֶּ֤הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117will bea memorialלְזִכָּר֔וֹןle.zi.ka.RonH2146to you, and you shall celebrateוְחַגֹּתֶ֥םve.cha.go.TemH2287it asa feastחַ֣גchagH2282to the Lordלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068;throughout your generationsלְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.KhemH1755you are to celebrateתְּחָגֻּֽהוּ׃te.cha.Gu.huH2287it asa permanentעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769ordinanceחֻקַּ֥תchu.KatH2708.

15Sevenשִׁבְעַ֤תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117you shall eatתֹּאכֵ֔לוּto.Khe.luH398unleavenedמַצּ֣וֹתma.TzotH4682breadH4682,but on the firstהָרִאשׁ֔וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117you shallremoveתַּשְׁבִּ֥יתוּtash.Bi.tuH7673leavenשְּׂאֹ֖רse.'OrH7603from your housesמִבָּתֵּיכֶ֑םmi.ba.tei.KhemH1004;for whoeverכָּל־kol-H3605eatsאֹכֵ֣ל'o.KhelH398anything leavenedחָמֵ֗ץcha.MetzH2557from the firstהָרִאשֹׁ֖ןha.ri.ShonH7223dayמִיּ֥וֹםmi.YomH3117untilעַד־'ad-H5704the seventhהַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃ha.she.vi.'IH7637dayי֥וֹםYomH3117, thatpersonהַנֶּ֤פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315shall be cutוְנִכְרְתָ֞הve.nikh.re.TahH3772offH3772from Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

16On the firstהָרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOnH7223dayוּבַיּ֤וֹםu.vai.YomH3117you shall have a holyקֹ֔דֶשׁKo.deshH6944assemblyמִקְרָא־mik.ra'-H4744, and anotherholyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944assemblyמִקְרָא־mik.ra'-H4744on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּוֹם֙u.vai.yOmH3117;noלֹא־lo'-H3808workמְלָאכָה֙me.la.KhahH4399at allכָּל־kol-H3605shall be doneיֵעָשֶׂ֣הye.'a.SehH6213on them, exceptאַ֚ךְ'akhH389whatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834must be eatenיֵאָכֵ֣לye.'a.KhelH398by everyלְכָל־le.kholH3605personנֶ֔פֶשׁNe.feshH5315,that aloneלְבַדּ֖וֹle.va.DoH905may bepreparedיֵעָשֶׂ֥הye.'a.SehH6213by you.

17You shall also observeוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮u.she.mar.TemH8104the Feast ofUnleavenedהַמַּצּוֹת֒ha.ma.tzOtH4682BreadH4682,for on thisהַזֶּ֔הha.ZehH2088veryבְּעֶ֙צֶם֙be.'E.tzemH6106dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117I broughtהוֹצֵ֥אתִיho.Tze.tiH3318your hostsצִבְאוֹתֵיכֶ֖םtziv.'o.tei.KhemH6635out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;therefore you shall observeוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞םu.she.mar.TemH8104thisהַזֶּ֛הha.ZehH2088dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117throughout your generationsלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖םle.do.ro.tei.KhemH1755as apermanentעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769ordinanceחֻקַּ֥תchu.KatH2708.

18In the firstבָּרִאשֹׁ֡ןba.ri.ShonH7223month,on the fourteenthבְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨רbe.'ar.ba.'Ah 'a.SarH702 H6240dayי֤וֹםYomH3117of the monthלַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙la.Cho.deshH2320at eveningבָּעֶ֔רֶבba.'E.revH6153,you shall eatתֹּאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398unleavenedמַצֹּ֑תma.TzotH4682breadH4682,untilעַ֠ד'adH5704the twenty-firstהָאֶחָ֧ד וְעֶשְׂרִ֛יםha.'e.Chad ve.'es.RimH6242 H259dayי֣וֹםYomH3117of the monthלַחֹ֖דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320at eveningבָּעָֽרֶב׃ba.'A.revH6153.

19Sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֔יםya.MimH3117there shall be noלֹ֥אlo'H3808leavenשְׂאֹ֕רse.'OrH7603foundיִמָּצֵ֖אyi.ma.Tze'H4672in your housesבְּבָתֵּיכֶ֑םbe.va.tei.KhemH1004;for whoeverכָּל־kol-H3605eatsאֹכֵ֣ל'o.KhelH398whatH4263is leavenedH4263, thatpersonהַנֶּ֤פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315shall be cutוְנִכְרְתָ֞הve.nikh.re.TahH3772offH3772from the congregationמֵעֲדַ֣תme.'a.DatH5712of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, whether he isan alienבַּגֵּ֖רba.GerH1616or a nativeוּבְאֶזְרַ֥חu.ve.'ez.RachH249of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

20You shall not eatתֹאכֵ֑לוּto.Khe.luH398anythingכָּל־kol-H3605leavenedH4263;in allבְּכֹל֙be.KholH3605your dwellingsמוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םmo.she.Vo.tei.KhemH4186you shall eatתֹּאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398unleavenedמַצּֽוֹת׃ פma.TzotH4682breadH4682.’”

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