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Exodus 12:11
ESV In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord 's Passover.
NIV This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.
NASB Now you shall eat it in this way: with your garment belted around your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in a hurry—it is the Lord’S Passover.
CSB Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the Lord’s Passover.
NLT These are your instructions for eating this meal: Be fully dressed, wear your sandals, and carry your walking stick in your hand. Eat the meal with urgency, for this is the Lord’s Passover.
KJV And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord'S passover.
NKJV And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover.

What does Exodus 12:11 mean?

The Lord's commands about the first Passover (Exodus 12:1–10) are full of symbolic and prophetic elements. Some are also very practical and tied to the hasty exit Israel will make from Egypt (Exodus 12:39). That includes a requirement to eat the meal dressed for a journey. The people are not merely to wear clothes, but to prepare for immediate and quick travel. Roasting a whole lamb (Exodus 12:9) and making bread without rising (Exodus 12:8) also accelerate the process. Securely fastening one's robes with a belt and carrying a staff were natural steps one would take to walk as freely and quickly as possible.

Elements connected to the lamb, herbs, and bread would become part of Israel's remembrance of this night (Exodus 12:14).

During the night, God would deliver on His threat (Exodus 4:21–23) to devastate the firstborn of Egypt (Exodus 11:4–6). This would shatter Egyptian resolve, causing them to insist that the Israelites leave immediately (Exodus 12:33).
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