Bible Cross References
he kept
Exodus 12:3-14
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Give these instructions to the whole community of Israel: On the tenth day of this month each man must choose either a lamb or a young goat for his household.
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If his family is too small to eat a whole animal, he and his next-door neighbor may share an animal, in proportion to the number of people and the amount that each person can eat.
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You may choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male without any defects.
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Then, on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, the whole community of Israel will kill the animals.
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The people are to take some of the blood and put it on the doorposts and above the doors of the houses in which the animals are to be eaten.
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That night the meat is to be roasted, and eaten with bitter herbs and with bread made without yeast.
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Do not eat any of it raw or boiled, but eat it roasted whole, including the head, the legs, and the internal organs.
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You must not leave any of it until morning; if any is left over, it must be burned.
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You are to eat it quickly, for you are to be dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your walking stick in your hand. It is the Passover Festival to honor me, the LORD.
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"On that night I will go through the land of Egypt, killing every first-born male, both human and animal, and punishing all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
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The blood on the doorposts will be a sign to mark the houses in which you live. When I see the blood, I will pass over you and will not harm you when I punish the Egyptians.
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You must celebrate this day as a religious festival to remind you of what I, the LORD, have done. Celebrate it for all time to come."
Exodus 12:21-30
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Moses called for all the leaders of Israel and said to them, "Each of you is to choose a lamb or a young goat and kill it, so that your families can celebrate Passover.
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Take a sprig of hyssop, dip it in the bowl containing the animal's blood, and wipe the blood on the doorposts and the beam above the door of your house. Not one of you is to leave the house until morning.
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When the LORD goes through Egypt to kill the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the beams and the doorposts and will not let the Angel of Death enter your houses and kill you.
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You and your children must obey these rules forever.
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When you enter the land that the LORD has promised to give you, you must perform this ritual.
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When your children ask you, 'What does this ritual mean?'
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you will answer, 'It is the sacrifice of Passover to honor the LORD, because he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. He killed the Egyptians, but spared us.' " The Israelites knelt down and worshiped.
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Then they went and did what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
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At midnight the LORD killed all the first-born sons in Egypt, from the king's son, who was heir to the throne, to the son of the prisoner in the dungeon; all the first-born of the animals were also killed.
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That night, the king, his officials, and all the other Egyptians were awakened. There was loud crying throughout Egypt, because there was not one home in which there was not a dead son.
the sprinkling
Hebrews 9:19
First, Moses proclaimed to the people all the commandments as set forth in the Law. Then he took the blood of bulls and goats, mixed it with water, and sprinkled it on the book of the Law and all the people, using a sprig of hyssop and some red wool.
Hebrews 12:24
You have come to Jesus, who arranged the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that promises much better things than does the blood of Abel.
Exodus 12:7
The people are to take some of the blood and put it on the doorposts and above the doors of the houses in which the animals are to be eaten.
Exodus 12:13
The blood on the doorposts will be a sign to mark the houses in which you live. When I see the blood, I will pass over you and will not harm you when I punish the Egyptians.
Exodus 12:23
When the LORD goes through Egypt to kill the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the beams and the doorposts and will not let the Angel of Death enter your houses and kill you.
1 Peter 1:2
You were chosen according to the purpose of God the Father and were made a holy people by his Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be purified by his blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure.