Exodus 12:26

and it shall come to pass that your sons shall say unto you,—What is this your service?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

25And so it shall come to pass when ye shall enter into the land which Yahweh will give you as he hath spoken,—and ye shall observe this service;

27Then shall ye say—A passover sacrifice, it is to Yahweh, who passed-over the houses of the sons of Israel, in Egypt, when he plagued the Egyptians but our houses, he delivered. Then did the people bend their heads and bow themselves down.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:8And thou shalt tell thy son, on that day, saying,—[This is] because, of that which Yahweh did for me, when he brought me forth out of Egypt.

Exodus 13:22the pillar of cloud by day ceased not, nor the pillar of fire by night,—from before the people.

Deuteronomy 6:20When thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying,—What mean the testimonies and the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh our God commanded you?

Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of age-past times, Remark the years of many generations,—Ask thy father and he will tell thee, Thine elders and they will say to thee:—

Joshua 4:21Then spake he unto the sons of Israel, saying,—When your sons shall ask, in time to come, of their fathers, saying,—What mean these stones?

Psalms 145:4Generation unto generation, shall celebrate thy works, and, thy mighty deeds, shall they tell:

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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