It is a night to be much observed to the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, to be much observed by all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Exodus 12:42 in context
Exodus 12:39–45
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They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt; for it wasn’t leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn’t wait, and they had not prepared any food for themselves.
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Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred thirty years.
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At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the day, all of the LORD’s armies went out from the land of Egypt.
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It is a night to be much observed to the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, to be much observed by all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
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The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat of it,
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but every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.
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A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.
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