Hebrews 11:28

By faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, so that He who is destroying the firstborn might not touch them.

Literal Standard Version

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 behind, having not been afraid of the wrath of the king, for as seeing the Invisible One—he endured.

29By faith they passed through the Red Sea as through dry land, which having made an attempt [to cross], the Egyptians were swallowed up.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:21And Moses calls for all [the] elderly of Israel and says to them, “Draw out and take for yourselves [from] the flock, for your families, and slaughter the Passover-sacrifice;

Hebrews 12:24and to a mediator of a new covenant—Jesus, and to blood of sprinkling, speaking better things 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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