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Exodus 12:26 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ "

Exodus 12:26

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24 You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.

25 It shall happen when you have come to the land which the LORD will give you, as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.

26 It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’

27 that you 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 struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.’” The people bowed their heads and worshiped.

28 The children of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

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"He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean?’"

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"that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in the future, saying, ‘What do you mean by these stones?’"

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Deuteronomy 32:7

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"Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you."

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From This Chapter

Exodus 12:1

"The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,"

Exodus 12:2

"“This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you."

Exodus 12:3

"Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household;"

Exodus 12:4

"and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls. You shall make your count for the lamb according to what everyone can eat."

Exodus 12:5

"Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep or from the goats."

Exodus 12:6

"You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening."

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