Exodus 12:13

And the blood will be a sign on the houses where you are: when I see the blood I will go over you, and no evil will come on you for your destruction, when my hand is on the land of Egypt.

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In The King James Version

And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

In Context

12For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

14And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:7Then take some of the blood and put it on the two sides of the door and over the door of the house where the meal is to be taken.

Joshua 2:12So now, will you give me your oath by the Lord, that, because I have been kind to you, you will be kind to my father's house,

1 Thessalonians 1:10Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.

1 John 1:7But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:2-21

The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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