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25 And[a] when you come into the land that Yahweh will give to you, as he said, you will keep this religious custom.[b] 26 And[c] when your children say to you, ‘What is this religious custom[d] for you?’[e] 27 you will say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice for Yahweh, who passed over the houses of the Israelites[f] in Egypt when he struck Egypt; and he delivered our houses.’” And the people knelt down and they worshiped.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:25 Literally “and it will be”
  2. Exodus 12:25 Literally “service” or “work”
  3. Exodus 12:26 Literally “and it will be”
  4. Exodus 12:26 Literally “service” or “work”
  5. Exodus 12:26 Or “What does this service mean to you?”
  6. Exodus 12:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

25 When you enter the land(A) that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children(B) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(C) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(D) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(E)

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