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[[file:Israel's_Escape_from_Egypt.jpg|대체글=|thumb|The Israelites are freed from Egypt after keeping the Passover.]]

The Passover was kept for the first time around the 15th century B.C. in the time of [[Moses]]. God inflicted ten plagues on Egypt to free the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt for about 400 years. Before the tenth plague came upon the land, the plague that struck down every firstborn, God allowed the Israelites to keep the Passover.  

On the evening of the 14th day of the first month of the sacred calendar, the Israelites slaughtered year-old lambs without defect, put the blood of the lambs on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses, and roasted the meat over the fire and ate it with the unleavened bread and bitter herbs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+12%3A5-11&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Exodus 12:5–11|quote=}}</ref> On the night of the Passover, a plague that killed the firstborns in every Egyptian household came upon the land. There was a loud wailing in Egypt as all the firstborns were struck down from the firstborn of Pharaoh to the firstborn of all the livestock.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+12%3A29-30&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3|title=Exodus 12:29–30|quote=}}</ref> However, not even one firstborn of the Israelite households was killed; they were protected from the plague by keeping the Passover as God had promised them. The next day, the Israelites came out of Egypt and set out for Canaan, the Promised Land, in joy of freedom and liberation.