Exodus 12:26
And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 13:8And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:22The pillar of cloud went ever before them by day, and the pillar of fire by night.
Deuteronomy 6:20And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?
Deuteronomy 32:7Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.
Joshua 4:21And he said to the children of Israel, When your children say to their fathers in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?
Psalms 145:4One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:22-29
The Passover. ( b. c. 1491.) 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the… Read the whole commentary →