Éxodo 12:38-48

38 Con ellos salió una gentuza que no era israelita, junto con grandes rebaños y manadas.

39 Hornearon pan plano de la masa sin levadura que habían sacado de Egipto. La masa no tenía levadura porque los israelitas fueron expulsados de Egipto con tanto apuro que no tuvieron tiempo de preparar pan ni cualquier otro alimento.

40 El pueblo de Israel había vivido cuatrocientos treinta años en Egipto.

41 De hecho, fue precisamente el día en que se cumplían los cuatrocientos treinta años que toda esa gran multitud del Señor
salió de Egipto.

42 Esa misma noche, el Señor
cumplió su promesa de sacar a su pueblo de la tierra de Egipto. Así que esa noche le pertenece a él y por eso todos los israelitas deberán conmemorarla cada año, de generación en generación.

43 Instrucciones para la Pascua
Luego el Señor
les dijo a Moisés y a Aarón: «Estas son las instrucciones para el festival de la Pascua: ninguna persona extranjera podrá comer la cena de Pascua,

44 pero cualquier esclavo que haya sido comprado podrá comerla si está circuncidado.

45 Los residentes temporales y los jornaleros tampoco podrán comerla.

46 En cada casa se comerá un solo cordero de Pascua. No saquen nada de la carne fuera de la casa ni quiebren ninguno de los huesos.

47 Toda la comunidad de Israel debe celebrar el festival de la Pascua.

48 »Si los extranjeros que viven entre ustedes desean celebrar la Pascua del Señor
, que primero se circunciden todos sus varones. Solo entonces podrán celebrar la Pascua con ustedes como cualquier israelita de nacimiento. Pero un varón incircunciso jamás comerá la cena de la Pascua.

Éxodo 12:38-48 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 12

This chapter begins with observing, that the month in which the above wonders were wrought in Egypt, and the following ordinance appointed to the Israelites, should hereafter be reckoned the first month in the year, Ex 12:1,2 on the tenth day of which a lamb here described was to be taken and kept till the fourteenth, and then slain, and its blood sprinkled on the posts of the houses of the Israelites, Ex 12:3-7, the manner of dressing and eating it is shown, Ex 12:8-11 and the reason of the institution of this ordinance being given, Ex 12:12-14, and an order to eat unleavened bread during seven days, in which the feast was to be kept, Ex 12:15-20, directions are also given for the immediate observance of it, and particularly about the sprinkling of the blood of the lamb, and the use of it, Ex 12:21-23, and this ordinance, which they were to instruct their children in, was to be kept by them in succeeding ages for ever, Ex 12:24-27 about the middle of the night it was first observed, all the firstborn in Egypt were slain, which made the Egyptians urgent upon the Israelites to depart in haste, Ex 12:28-33 and which they did with their unleavened dough, and with great riches they had borrowed of the Egyptians, Ex 12:34-36, the number of the children of Israel at the time of their departure, the mixed multitude and cattle that went with them, their baking their unleavened cakes, the time of their sojourning in Egypt, and of their coming out of it that night, which made it a remarkable one, are all particularly taken notice of, Ex 12:37-42, laws and rules are given concerning the persons that should partake of the passover, Ex 12:43-49 and the chapter is concluded with observing, that it was kept according to the command of God, and that it was on the same day it was first instituted and kept that Israel were brought out of Egypt, Ex 12:50,51.