Exodus 12:26
When your children come and ask you, ‘Why is this ceremony important to you?’
Free Bible Version
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
25When you enter the land that the Lord promised to give you, you are to observe this ceremony.
Cross References
Exodus 13:8On that day tell your children, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I left Egypt.’
Exodus 13:22The pillar of cloud during the day and the pillar of fire at night were always in front of the people.
Deuteronomy 6:20In the future, when your children come and ask you, “What's the point of decrees and rules and regulations that the Lord our God ordered you to follow?”
Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the olden days; think about the generations of the past. Go and ask your father about them, and he will explain them to you. Talk to your elders, and they will tell you what you need to know.
Joshua 4:21He told the Israelites, “When some day your children ask you their parents, ‘What do these stones mean?’
Psalms 145:4Let every generation tell the next all that you do, sharing the stories of your amazing miracles!
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 →