Hebrews 11:28

By faith he celebrated the pasch, and the shedding of the blood; that he, who destroyed the firstborn, might not touch them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 left Egypt, not fearing the fierceness of the king: for he endured as seeing him that is invisible.

29By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as by dry land: which the Egyptians attempting, were swallowed up.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:21And Moses called all the ancients of the children of Israel, and said to them: Go take a lamb by your families, and sacrifice the Phase.

Hebrews 12:24And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of 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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