The Passover Eaten in Haste and Whose Haste It Recalls

(Exodus 12:11) "And thus you shall eat it," like those who set out on a journey. Rabbi Yose the Galilean says: Scripture comes to teach you proper conduct from the Torah, that travelers should be quick and ready. "And you shall eat it in haste" - this is the haste of Egypt. Or is it rather the haste of Israel? When it says, "But against any of the children of Israel" and so forth (Exodus 11:7), the haste of Israel is already mentioned; so why does the verse say "in haste"? This is the haste of Egypt. Rabbi Joshua ben Korhah says: This is the haste of Israel. Or is it rather the haste of Egypt? When it says, "because they were thrust out of Egypt" (Exodus 12:39), the haste of Egypt is already mentioned; so why does the verse say "and you shall eat it in haste"? This is the haste of Israel. Abba Hanan says in the name of Rabbi Eleazar: This is the haste of the Divine Presence. And although there is no proof for the matter, there is a hint of the matter, as it is said, "The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills" (Song of Songs 2:8), and it says, "Behold, he stands behind our wall" (Song of Songs 2:9). One might think that in the time to come there will also be haste; therefore the verse says, "For you shall not go out in haste" (Isaiah 52:12). "It is the LORD's Passover" - that all its deeds be for the sake of Heaven. "And you shall eat it in haste" - it in haste, but no other offering in haste.