Hebrews 11:28

By faith, he hath kept the passover and the besmearing of the blood, lest, he that was destroying the first-born, should be touching them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 forsook Egypt—not put in fear of the wrath of the king; for, as seeing him who cannot be seen, he persevered.

29By faith, they passed through the Red Sea, as over dry land,—which the Egyptians, seizing an attempt to do, were swallowed up.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:21So then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them,—Proceed and take for yourselves one of the flock according to your families, and slay the passover.

Hebrews 12:24And unto the mediator of a new covenant, Jesus,—and unto the blood of sprinkling, more excellently speaking, than, 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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