I get confused this time of year at Passover, why we don’t follow what it says in Exodus?
Any Help
Chapter 12
1-2Yahuweh said (‘amar - spoke) to Moseh (moseh - one who draws out) and to ‘Aharown (‘aharown - source of light and choice) in the realm (‘erets - land and nation) of the Crucible of Egypt (misrahym), saying, ‘This (zeh) new moon (hodes - lunar
month, the first day on which a crescent appears, a time of renewal and restoration) shall be your uppermost (ro’sh - beginning, head, top, and finest) time of renewal (hodes). This shall be the first (ri’shown - initial and foremost) month (hodes) of the year (sanah - time of change).’
3 Speak (dabar) to (‘el) the entire (kol) community (‘edah - assembly) of the Children (ben - sons) of Yisra’el (‘ys sarah ‘el - those who strive and struggle with, those who persist and endure with, those who persevere with and are empowered by God), and say (‘amar) this to them, ‘On (ba - in) the tenth (‘ashowr) of the month (hodes - new moon and time of renewal) each man (‘ysh - husband and individual) shall obtain (laqah - select, grasp hold of, and receive) a male lamb (seh) for himself and his home (bayith - household and family)-a lamb (seh) according to their father’s (‘ab) households (bayith - homes and family).’
4 And if (‘im) the household (bayit - home and family) is too small (ma’at - few and impoverished) to endure (hayah - exist with) with a lamb (seh), then he and his neighbor (saken) who is near (qarowb - closely related to) the household (bayith - home and family) shall share (laqah - obtain and receive) according to (min) the number (miksah - quantity) of souls (nepesh) and according to the individual (‘ysh) mouths (peh) to feed (‘akal) in computing the amount (kasas - in determining and figuring out the quantity) of lamb.
5 Your lamb (seh) shall exist as (hayah) an unblemished (tamiym - without defect, a blameless and innocent) male (zakar) son (ben), a year old (shaneh). It may be (hayah) taken (laqah - obtained and received) from (min) the sheep (kebes - rams) or from (min) the female goats (‘ez - she goats).
6 And they shall be (hayah) with (la - among) you, guarding and watching them (mishmeret - keeping them responsibly, observing, caring for, and preserving them) until (‘ad) the fourteenth (‘asar ‘arba’) day (yowm) of this (zeh) month (hodes - time of renewal). And the whole (kol) assembled (qahal - gathered) community (‘edah) of the Children (ben - sons) of Yisra’el (yisra’el - those who live with and are empowered by God) shall slaughter (sahat - take its life by killing) them around (bayin - near or in the vicinity of) sundown (‘ereb - sunset, twilight, dusk, or early evening).
7 You are to take (laqah - grasp hold of, obtain, seize, and receive) a portion of (min - from and part of) the blood (dam) and put (nathan - entrust, dedicate, exchange, devote, and give it, paying with) it on (‘al) the two (sanayim - both sides of the) upright pillars of the doorway (mazuwzah - door posts, framework of the doorway, jam, or standing pedestals) and on (‘al) the lintel (masaqowp - upper post or crosspiece of a doorframe; from shaqaph, meaning that which looks out, down, and overlooks) on (‘al) the (ha) homes (bayith - houses, households, and families) where (‘asher) you eat (‘akal - feed upon) it (‘eth) inside (ba).
8 Then (wa) eat (‘akal - feed upon and be nourished by) the meat (basar - flesh and body) during (ba - in) the night (laylah - time of darkness), roasting (saly - using dry heat to cook) this (zeh) over (‘al) a fire (‘esh - flame), and eat (‘akal) him (huw’ - her or it) with unleavened bread
(mastah - bread without yeast) and bitter herbs (maror - an eatable plant with a bitter taste).
9 Do no (‘al) eat (‘akal) any part of (min) him/it (huw’) raw (na’ - uncooked) or (wa) boiled (basel), cooking (basal) it in water (mayim), but instead (‘im - as a condition) roasting (saly) it (huw’) on a fire (‘esh), its head (ro’sh) and legs (kera’ - lower legs or shank) on (‘al) him (huw’) and his inner parts (qereb) close by (‘al - among them).
10 And you shall not (lo’) have any leftovers (yatar - nothing remaining) from (min) him (huw’ - or it) come (‘ad - until) morning (boqer). The remainder (yatar) of him upon the approach of (‘ad) morning (boqer) shall be burned up (sarap) in (ba) the fire (‘esh).
11 And this is how (kakah - the manner in which) you shall eat (‘akal) him/it (huw’), with (‘eth) the tie fastened around your waste (hagar matanaym - fully dressed and girded), with your sandals (na’al - shoes) on your feet (regel), and with your staff (maqqel - walking stick and branch) in your hand (yad). You shall eat it quickly (hipazown - in haste, in a hurry as if ready for a flight). This is (huw’ - he is or it is) Passover (pesach - to pass over) according to (la) Yahuweh.
12 I will pass over (‘abar) the realm (‘erets - land and nation) of the Crucible (misraym) during this (zeh - particular) night (laylah) and strike (nakah - kill) every (kol) firstborn son (bakor - oldest son) in the land (‘erets) of Egypt (misraym), including (min) man (‘adam) and animal (behemah). And upon (ba) all of (kol) the gods (‘elohym) of Egypt, I will execute judgment and render punishment (‘asah sepet).
13 I am (‘any) Yahuweh. The blood (dam) will exist (hayah) as a sign (owth - a token, a miraculous signal, an illustration, a nonverbal symbol conveying important information) for you on your homes (bayith - households and families) where you (‘attah) by way of relationship (‘asher) are at that time (sham/shem - are known by name). And when I see (ra’ah - when I view and consider) the blood (dam) I will pass over (pesach) you on that account (‘al - on that basis and for that reason). And the plague (negep - destructive pandemic disease which causes people to stumble) leading to (la - concerning) death and destruction (mashyt) shall not (lo’) exist (hayah) among (ba) you when I strike the realm of the Crucible of Egypt (misraym).
14 This (zeh - specific) day (yowm - 24-hour period beginning and ending at sunset) will exist (hayah - was, is, and will be) as a memorial and commemoration (zikrown - a reminder of an inheritance right, a means to recall and understand the relationship, as a symbol and a proverb) for you. And you shall celebrate (hagag - throw a party), a festival feast (hag) with Yahuweh throughout your life and generations (dowr - dwelling places throughout time), celebrating the festival feast (hagag - reveling in the party) as a prescribed ordinance (huqah - a clearly communicated prescription of what you should do, a statute, custom, and tradition) forever (‘owlam - into perpetuity, eternally).
15 Seven (sheba’) days (yowm) you shall eat (‘akal) bread without yeast (masah / matsah - unleavened food). Indeed (‘ak), on (ba) the first (ri’sown - foremost) day (yowm) you
shall observe the Sabbath by removing (shabat - rest and reflect, refraining from the use of) yeast (se’or - the fungus and fermenting agent known as leaven) from (min) your homes and households (beiyth - houses and families). Indeed (kiy - because), any and every (kol) soul (nepesh) who consumes (‘akal - eats and feeds upon, is nourished by) yeasted food (hames - bread which includes yeast and has become soured) shall be cut off and separated (karat -banished, cut down, severed, and uprooted; will face death and destruction upon being eliminated) from (min) Yisra’el (‘ys sarah ‘el - individuals who strive, struggle, persist, endure, and persevere with and are empowered by God), from the first (ri’sown) day (yowm) until (‘ad) the seventh (shabiy’iy) day (yowm).
16 On (ba - in and during) the first (ri’sown - foremost) day (yowm - beginning and ending at sunset) there is (hayah) a set-apart (qodesh - separated and dedicated, purifying and cleansing) Called-Out Assembly (miqra’ - gathering for the purpose of reading and reciting) and on (ba - in and during) the seventh (shabiy’iy) day (yowm) there is the set-apart (qodesh - separated and dedicated, purifying and cleansing) Called-Out Assembly (miqra’ - gathering for the purpose of reading and reciting) for (la) you. Do not (lo’) do (‘asah - perform or assign) any (kol) of the service of the heavenly representative (mala’kah - from mal’ak, duties of God’s messenger) during (ba - in and on) them (hem). Only (‘ak) that which (‘asher) is consumed (‘akal - eaten) by (la) each (kol) soul (nepesh) alone by (bad - separated and apart by) himself (huw’) may be done (‘asah) by (la) you.
17 Carefully observe (samar - revere, pay attention to, keep, cling to, and be secured by) those things which are associated with (‘eth) Matsah/Unleavened Bread (matsah / masah - baked bread without yeast) because (kiy - indeed) on (ba - during) this (zeh) essential and foundational (‘esem - skeletal and very substantial, mighty and empowering, vastly important and corporeal) day (yowm) your hosts (saba’ - multitudes who go forth and serve under the command of a leader) were brought out (yasa’) from the realm (‘erets - land) of the crucible of Egypt (misraym). Carefully observe (samar - revere, pay attention to, keep, cling to, and be secured by) those things which are associated with (‘eth) this (zeh) day (yowm) throughout (la) your generations, households, and lives (dowr - homes, dwelling places, and periods of time). It is an eternal (‘owlam - everlasting and perpetual, permanent and never ending) decree (huqah - clearly communicated prescription of what you should do, an engraved, written statute, a law chiseled in stone).
18 In the first (ri’sown - foremost) month (hodes - time of renewal), on the fourteenth day at (ba) sundown (‘ereb - in the evening starting at sunset), you are to eat (‘akal) bread without yeast (matsah - unleavened bread) until (‘ad) sunset (‘ereb) on the twenty-first day of the month.
19 Seven (sheba’ - based upon saba’, a sworn oath to affirm the truth and promise to do something) days (yowm) there shall be no (lo’) leavening yeast (sa’ar - nothing remaining or left behind) found (matsa’ - uncovered or discovered) in your homes (bayith - households and
dwelling places). Indeed, any (kol) soul (nepesh) who consumes (‘akal - who devours or is consumed and destroyed by) anything leavened (mahmeset / hametz - that which embitters, grieves, and oppresses) shall be cut off and banished (karat - shall be severed from the source of life, be taken away and be permitted to perish, be destroyed, eliminated and separated) from the community of (‘edah - assembly of witnesses who testify together with) Yisra’el (‘ys sarah ‘el - individuals who strive, struggle, persist, endure, and persevere with and are empowered by God), including (ba - along with) foreigners (ger - temporary inhabitants and newcomers without inherited rights, people from different races, cultures, and places) and natives (‘ezrach - those rising out) of the Land (‘erets).
20 Consume (‘akal - eat) nothing (lo kol) with leaven (mahmeset / hametz - that which embitters, grieves, and oppresses) in all (ba kol) your assemblies and communities (mowshab - geographic locations and households), eating (‘akal - consuming) only unleavened bread (matsah - bread without yeast).
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22 "Take (laqah - select, obtain, and grasp hold of) a bunch (‘agudah - bundle of stems and leaves) of hyssop (‘ezowb - a plant from the mint family (fragrant marjoram) associated with cleansing and purging) and dip (tabal - plunge, soak, and bathe) it in the blood (dam) which (‘asher) is in the basin (sap - bowl, threshold, and entrance), and reach out and touch (naga’) it to the upper crosspiece of the doorframe (masqowp - upper beam of the door) and to the two doorposts (mazuwzah - upright pillars of the doorway) from the blood which is in the basin (sap). And no (lo’) individual (‘ysh - male) among you shall go out (yasa’) of the doorway (petah - portal, opening, and entrance) of their home (beriyth - household) until (‘ad) morning (boqer - the end of darkness and first light).
23 Then (wa) Yahuweh will pass through (‘abar) to plague (nagap - strike, smite, and afflict) the Egyptians (misraym). But (wa) when He sees (ra’ah - notices and considers) the blood (dam) on the upper crosspiece of the door (masqowp - upper beam) and on the two upright pillars of the doorway (mazuwzah - doorposts) He will pass over (pasach) that opening (petah - portal and entrance) and not (lo’) allow (nathan - permit, cause, bring about, or permit) the devastating destruction (sahat - corruption and ruin, decay and putrid decomposition) to come inside (bow’ ‘el - pursue and arrive within) and plague (nagap) your homes (bayith - households and families).
24 Carefully observe (samar - keep, preserve, communicate, support, and revere) this (‘eth) message (dabar - account, testimony, statement, and these words): It is a statute and a prescription (hoq - a decree, ordinance, and an established apportionment, a privilege) among and on behalf (la) of your (‘atah) children (ben - sons) until (‘ad - up to the point of) eternity (‘owlam).
25 When (kiy) you come to (bow’) exist (hayah) inside (‘el) the realm (‘erets - land) which relationally (‘asher) Yahuweh gives (nathan - bestows and grants to, entrusts and devotes to) you according to (ka) what (‘asher) He has said (dabar), carefully observe (samar - keep, preserve,
communicate, support, revere, and attend to) this (zoth) ceremony (‘abodah - commemoration in which the effort is expended to remember, teach, and practice the task and service).