Exodus 12:27

Then you will say, This is the offering of the Lord's Passover; for he went over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he sent death on the Egyptians, and kept our families safe. And the people gave worship with bent heads.

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In The King James Version

That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

In Context

26And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?

28And the children of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had given orders to Moses and Aaron, so they did.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:11And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.

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 34:25No leaven is to be offered with the blood of my offering, and the offering of the Passover feast may not be kept till the morning.

Deuteronomy 16:5The Passover offering is not to be put to death in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you:

2 Chronicles 20:18Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him.

Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.

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 →

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