Hebrews 11:28

By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

In Context

27By faith he forsook Egypt, not having feared the wrath of the king, for he persevered as seeing the invisible.

29By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land, of which the Egyptians, having taken an attempt, were drowned.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out, and take to you lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.

Hebrews 12:24and to Jesus a mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling that speaks better than Abel.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32

Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →

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