The Israelites had light. He adden ligt and ſowen wel. 3108 ðo q_u_ad pharaon to moyſen, The king tells them to go, and "Led vt al ðat iſ boren of man, THE INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER. to leave their flocks and herds behind. And let her hen boden er[f] & ſep, ic wile ðor-on[278] nimen kep." 3112 Q_u_ad moyſes, "la! god it wot, Moses will not consent to this arrangement. ſal ðe[r]-of bi-leuen non fot, Al we ſulen iſ wið vs hauen; 'Wold,' q_u_ad god, 'wile ðor-of crauen.'" 3116 Q_u_að pharaon to moyſen, Moses and Aaron are driven out from the presence of Pharaoh. "Nu ic rede ðat ge flen; for ſe ic gu more-ou_er_ nu, dead ſal be[279] wreken ou_er_ gu." 3120 [Fol. 61.] MOyſes fleg to lond gerſen, ðor wuneden hiſ kinnes men. God tells Moses of his final vengeance upon the Egyptians. Quað god, "get ic ſal pharaon, Or ge gon vt, don an wreche on, 3124 (Nu ſal ic in-to egipte gon,) Swilc wreche waſ ear neu_er_e non; Each first-born shall be destroyed. Deigen ðor ſal ilc firme bigeten Of men and erf, non forgeten; 3128 Oc among gu, dredeð gu nogt, to gu ne ſal non iuel ben ſogt, Ne ſal ic gu nog[t] loten Of ðat ic haue gu bi-hoten." 3132 The year shall begin, Siðen q_u_að god to moyſen, "ðiſ ſal gure firmeſt moneð[280] ben, ðoo gune men ðe mone ſen when in April the new moon is seen. In april Reke-fille ben." 3136 ðanne he lereden he_m_ newe wunen; The institution of the Passover. "Eu_er_ilc ger, more to munen, Eu_er_ilc huſ-folc ðe mai it ðauen A lamb or kid of the first year is to be taken and slain by each household on the fourteenth day of the month,