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24 You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give to you, just as he said, you must observe[a] this ceremony. 26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:25 tn The verb used here and at the beginning of v. 24 is שָׁמַר (shamar); it can be translated “watch, keep, protect,” but in this context the point is to “observe” the religious customs and practices set forth in these instructions.
  2. Exodus 12:26 tn Heb “what is this service to you?”