Exodus 12:26

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When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'

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  • Exod 13:14-15 : 14 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both human and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb and redeem every firstborn of my sons.'
  • Deut 32:7 : 7 Remember the days of old; consider the years of past generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 you shall tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD when it crossed the Jordan. The waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the Israelites forever.’”
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’ 22 You are to let your children know: 'Israel crossed the Jordan here on dry ground.' 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea when He dried it up before us until we had crossed over. 24 He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.
  • Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Things we have heard and known, which our ancestors have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but will tell the next generation the praises of the Lord, His strength, and the wonders He has done. 5 He established a testimony in Jacob and set a law in Israel, which He commanded our ancestors to teach their children, 6 so that the next generation would know them—children yet to be born—and in turn they would rise and tell their children,
  • Ps 145:4 : 4 Generation after generation will praise your works and declare your mighty acts.
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living—they thank You, as I do today. Fathers make Your faithfulness known to their children.
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
  • Exod 13:22 : 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.
  • Deut 11:19 : 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  • Exod 10:2 : 2 And so that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your grandson how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and about the signs I performed among them, so that you will know that I am the LORD.
  • Exod 13:8-9 : 8 On that day, you are to tell your son, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.' 9 And it shall be for you a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

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  • Exod 12:27-28
    2 verses
    83%

    27 You are to reply, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.' Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

    28 The Israelites went and did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

  • Exod 12:23-25
    3 verses
    82%

    23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when He sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

    24 You shall observe this event as a statute for you and your children forever.

    25 When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to observe this ceremony.

  • Exod 13:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to him, 'With a mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

    15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both human and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb and redeem every firstborn of my sons.'

  • Deut 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20 In the future, when your son asks you, 'What is the meaning of the testimonies, statutes, and judgments that the LORD our God has commanded you?'

    21 You shall say to your son: 'We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.'

  • Exod 13:8-11
    4 verses
    78%

    8 On that day, you are to tell your son, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

    9 And it shall be for you a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

    10 You shall keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.

    11 When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you,

  • Exod 12:11-14
    4 verses
    76%

    11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover.

    12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night and strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

    13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

    14 This day shall be a memorial for you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a perpetual ordinance, you shall celebrate it.

  • Josh 4:6
    75%

    6 This will serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27 but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’

    28 And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD, which our ancestors built—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’

  • Exod 12:42
    74%

    42 It is a night to be observed for the LORD, for having brought them out of the land of Egypt. This is the night for the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for generations to come.

  • Deut 11:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

    20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,

  • Josh 4:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21 He said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What do these stones mean?’

    22 You are to let your children know: 'Israel crossed the Jordan here on dry ground.'

  • Exod 13:5
    73%

    5 And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ceremony in this month.

  • Exod 12:6
    72%

    6 Keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.

  • Exod 12:21
    71%

    21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, 'Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.'

  • Exod 12:17
    71%

    17 You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a perpetual ordinance.

  • Exod 10:24
    71%

    24 Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, worship the LORD. Only your flocks and herds must stay behind. Even your women and children may go with you."

  • Num 9:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2 Let the people of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time.

    3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time, following all its statutes and all its regulations.

    4 So Moses told the people of Israel to keep the Passover.

  • Deut 6:7
    70%

    7 Teach them diligently to your children, and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.

  • Exod 12:3
    70%

    3 Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth day of this month, each man must take a lamb for his family, one lamb per household.

  • Josh 22:24
    70%

    24 We did this because we feared that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?’

  • Jer 5:19
    70%

    19 And when you ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' you are to tell them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'

  • Exod 4:23
    70%

    23 and I told you to let my son go so he may worship me, but you refused to let him go. So I will kill your firstborn son.'

  • Exod 10:2
    70%

    2 And so that you may tell in the hearing of your son and your grandson how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and about the signs I performed among them, so that you will know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 12:25
    70%

    25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Deut 16:12
    70%

    12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these decrees.

  • Num 15:18
    70%

    18 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you come into the land to which I am bringing you,

  • Deut 16:1
    69%

    1 Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for it was in the month of Abib that the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

  • Ezek 37:18
    69%

    18 When your people say to you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by this?’

  • Deut 4:25
    69%

    25 When you have children and grandchildren and have grown old in the land, and if you act corruptly and make a carved image in the form of anything, doing what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God to provoke Him to anger,

  • Exod 12:47
    69%

    47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

  • Exod 12:1
    69%

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

  • Deut 4:10
    69%

    10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people for Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and to teach them to their children.'

  • Deut 24:22
    69%

    22 Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. That is why I command you to do this.

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