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During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said,

“Up! Leave my people, you and the Israelites!”

The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. 

There were about six hundred thousand men on foot,

besides women and children.

On this night, all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honour the Lord 

for the generations to come.

After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. 

By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud 

to guide them on their way,

and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light

so that they could travel by day or night.

Neither the pillar of cloud by day

nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

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This night is for the Lord, to be remembered by all the people of Israel for all time.

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Remembering Afghan refugees, forced out of Islamabad, and some out of Pakistan.