It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt, and so on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil to the Lord for generations to come.

then you must give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have – the males will be the Lord’s.

and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a soothing aroma; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the Lord.

“Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be utterly destroyed.

But Pharaoh replied, “You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.’

We must go on a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, just as he is telling us.”

Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you!

But Moses said, “Will you also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may present them to the Lord our God?

Miriam sang in response to them, “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.”

Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the area.

for he said, “For a hand was lifted up to the throne of the Lord – that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord.

“You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: “Holiness to the Lord.”

And the incense that you are to make, you must not make for yourselves using the same recipe; it is to be most holy to you, belonging to the Lord.

When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow will be a feast to the Lord.”

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.

Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord that he may take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will release the people that they may sacrifice to the Lord.”

Pharaoh said, “I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me.”

So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the Lord your God that he would only take this death away from me.”