Hebrews 11:28

By faith he established the Passover, and the sprinkling with blood, in order that the Destroying Angel might not touch the firstborn.

Montgomery New Testament

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 because he feared the wrath of the king, but he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

29By faith the people crossed over the Red Sea as on dry land; and when the Egyptians tried to do this they were swallowed up.

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Cross References

Hebrews 12:24to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to his sprinkled Blood whose message cries louder 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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