Sin•aiꞋ, Yᵊtzi•âhꞋ Route, El Arish, Har Kar•kōmꞋ (i.e. Har Sin•aiꞋ), Mi•dᵊbarꞋ Pa•ranꞋ

Then, while still in ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim, י‑‑ה told Mosh•ëhꞋ and A•ha•ronꞋ,

שֶׂה = a kâ•sheirꞋ Bovidae עֵז אַיָּל פָּרָה

“This khōꞋdësh shall be the rōsh of your khâ•dâsh•imꞋ, the first khōꞋdësh of your year.

“Speak to all of Ad•âtꞋ Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ saying,

‘On the 10^th of this khōꞋdësh, every man shall take a sëh for each household, a sëh for each house. And if the household be too small to consume a whole sëh in one night, then he and his neighbor shall share a sëh, according to the number of nᵊphâsh•otꞋ in the household; each man according to his dinner-serving, you shall apportion-out the entire sëh to be completely eaten that night.

‘You shall have a male yearling sëh that is whole. You may take the sëh from the sheep or from the goats.

‘Then you shall watchguard it until the 14^th day of this same khōꞋdësh. Then the entire qâ•hâlꞋ of the Eid•âhꞋ shall kâ•sheirꞋ-slaughter their PësꞋakh at dusk concluding the 14^th day of this same khōꞋdësh, being certain to save the dâm of the sëh in a basin.

אֵזוֹבOriganum syriacum (Syrian oregano), hyssop (Arabic: zaatar). This is a protected plant in Israel — strictly enforced with large fines. (photo © Martha Modzelevich; flowersinisrael.com)

‘Then they must take the basin of the dâm of the sëh and use eiz•ōvꞋ as a brush to liberally spatter the dâm on both mᵊzuz•otꞋ of the front door of the houses in which they eat it, so that when Par•ohꞋ's soldiers checked the houses during the night to ensure that all of the male-firstborns of people and livestock were sacrificed, the soldiers would see the dâm on the mᵊzuz•otꞋ, asume all of the firstborn-males had been sacrificed and pësꞋakh over their house.

Ancient (soft) מַצָּה

מָרוֹר (dandelion leaves, Sonchus oleraceus; photo: spontaneousurbanplants.org)

‘They must eat all of the bâ•sârꞋ that evening. It must be flame-roasted and they must eat it with matz•otꞋ and mᵊrōr•imꞋ.

‘You may not eat it raw, nor stew-cooked in water. You must roast it over a flame – including the rōsh, legs and innards. You may not allow any evidence of it remain until morning. Any part of it that remains as morning approaches must be completely burned up in the fire.

‘Moreover, you shall eat it fully-dressed and ready to travel; your shoes on your feet and your walking-stick in your hand. You shall eat in a hurry and get going – it is י‑‑ה's PësꞋakh, because I will go through ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim in that night and strike-down every male-firstborn in ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim, both man and domesticated-livestock. Moreover, I will execute sho•pheitꞋ against all of the gods of Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim. I am י‑‑ה!

‘So you shall have the dâm on the mᵊzuz•otꞋ of your front door for a sign to the soldiers of Par•ohꞋ. When I see the dâm, I will pësꞋakh over you. Thus, no mutilator shall strike-down your firstborn-males when I carry-out this last mak•âhꞋ over ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim.

PësꞋakh Table (No•sakhꞋ Tei•mân•iꞋ)

‘Then this day shall be a commemoration to you. You shall observe it as a Khag, a Khag of י‑‑ה for your descendants; to make an annual Khag. It shall be a khōq ō•lâmꞋ to you to make this annual Khag.

‘Seven days shall you eat matz•otꞋ. However, before the beginning of the first day you shall have caused sᵊōr to cease from your homes. Because everyone who eats khâ•meitzꞋ from the first to the seventh day, that nëphꞋësh shall be kâ•reitꞋ from Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ. You shall sacrifice a grill-offering each day for 7 days.

‘On the 1^st and 7^th days, you shall have a MiꞋqᵊrâ QōꞋdësh. No mᵊlâkh•âhꞋ may be done in either of these 2 days except what cannot be done beforehand for every nëphꞋësh to eat!

‘So you shall watchguard the matz•otꞋ. Because it was in this same day that I brought your tzᵊvâ•otꞋ out of ërꞋëtz Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim. So you shall watchguard this day for your generations – a khōq ō•lâmꞋ.

‘In the ërꞋëv of the 14^th of Firstmonth, until the 21^st day of the month in the ërꞋëv, you shall eat matz•otꞋ.

‘For these 7 days, no sᵊōr may be found in your homes because anyone who eats khâ•meitzꞋ, his or her nëphꞋësh shall be kâ•reitꞋ from Ad•atꞋ Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ, whether geir or citizen of hâ-ârꞋëtz. You may not eat anything khâ•meitzꞋ. In all of your villages you shall eat matz•otꞋ.’ ”

Mōsh•ëhꞋ Assembles The Zi•qᵊn•eiꞋ Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ

So Mōsh•ëhꞋ summoned all of the Zi•qᵊn•eiꞋ Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ and told them,

"Pull out and take for yourselves of a tzōn for your families and kâ•sheirꞋ-slaughter the PâsꞋakh, draining the blood into a basin, which you must save.

אֵזוֹב

Then you shall take a bunch of eiz•ōvꞋ and dip it in the blood that is in the basin. Using the eiz•ōvꞋ, splash the blood on the lintel and on both mᵊzuz•ōtꞋ. Then no one may venture outside of the house until morning to prevent being spotted by the Egyptian soldiers, who will pass through acting as the arm of י‑‑ה, checking throughout the night, carrying out Par•ohꞋ's decree to strike-down the firstborn-males of every Egyptian household.

When the Egyptian soldier sees the blood on the lintel and both mᵊzuz•ōtꞋ, this arm of י‑‑ה will assume you've already killed all of your firstborn-males as Par•ohꞋ decreed, and he will then pâ•sakh your door so the mutilator doesn't stop in at your house to strike-down your firstborn-males.

This matter shall you commemorate, a khōq for you and your posterity, ad ō•lâmꞋ. When your children ask, 'What is this a•vōd•âhꞋ of yours?' You shall answer, 'This is the zëvꞋakh PësꞋakh for י‑‑ה; because He pâ•sakh over the houses of Bᵊn•eiꞋ-Yi•sᵊrâ•eilꞋ in Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim when he struck-down the Mi•tzᵊraꞋyim but rescued our houses.' "

Then the am bowed their heads, prostrated themselves and went and prepared for the PësꞋakh as י‑‑ה had commanded Mōsh•ëhꞋ and A•ha•ronꞋ.