Exodus 12:27

Then 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD’S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

In Context

26and it shall come to pass that your sons shall say unto you,—What is this your service?

28And the sons of Israel went their way and did,—as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so, did they.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:11And, thus, shall ye eat it,—your loins, girded, your sandals, on your feet, and, your staff, in your hand,—so shall ye eat it in haste, it is Yahweh’s, passing over.

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 34:25Thou shalt not slay, along with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice,—neither shall remain to the morning, the sacrifice of the festival of the passover.

Deuteronomy 16:5Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover,—within any of thine own gates which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee;

2 Chronicles 20:18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head, with his face to the ground,—and, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell down before Yahweh, prostrating themselves unto Yahweh.

Nehemiah 8:6And Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God,—and all the people responded, Amen! Amen! with the lifting up of their hands,—and they bent their heads and bowed themselves down unto Yahweh, with their faces to the ground.

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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