Exodus 12:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And it shall come to pass, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

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  • Exod 13:14-15 : 14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
  • Deut 32:7 : 7 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.
  • Josh 4:6-7 : 6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean? 7 Then you shall answer them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be a memorial to the children of Israel forever.
  • Josh 4:21-24 : 21 And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean? 22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up from before us, until we had crossed over, 24 That all the people of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that you may fear the LORD your God forever.
  • Ps 78:3-6 : 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done. 5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:
  • Ps 145:4 : 4 One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.
  • Isa 38:19 : 19 The living, the living, he shall praise You, as I do this day: the father shall make known Your truth to the children.
  • Eph 6:4 : 4 And, you fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
  • Exod 13:22 : 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
  • Deut 6:7 : 7 And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
  • Deut 11:19 : 19 And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
  • Exod 10:2 : 2 And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD.
  • Exod 13:8-9 : 8 And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign to you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 12:27-28
    2 verses
    83%

    27That 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 delivered our houses.' And the people bowed their heads and worshipped.

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

  • Exod 12:23-25
    3 verses
    82%

    23For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

    24And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever.

    25And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He has promised, that you shall keep this service.

  • Exod 13:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

    15And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

  • Deut 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you?

    21Then you shall say to your son, We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

  • Exod 13:8-11
    4 verses
    78%

    8And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.

    9And it shall be for a sign to you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

    10You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

    11And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,

  • Exod 12:11-14
    4 verses
    76%

    11And thus you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover.

    12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

    13And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

    14And this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it as a feast by an ordinance forever.

  • Josh 4:6
    75%

    6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

  • Josh 22:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD.

    28Therefore we said that it shall be, when they should say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but it is a witness between us and you.

  • Exod 12:42
    74%

    42It is a night to be solemnly observed for the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed by all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

  • Deut 11:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

    20And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house, and upon your gates:

  • Josh 4:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What do these stones mean?

    22Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.

  • Exod 13:5
    73%

    5And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.

  • Exod 12:6
    72%

    6And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

  • Exod 12:21
    71%

    21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, 'Select and take lambs for your families, and kill the Passover lamb.

  • Exod 12:17
    71%

    17And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for on this very day I have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore, you shall observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever.

  • Exod 10:24
    71%

    24And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back; let your little ones also go with you.

  • Num 9:2-4
    3 verses
    71%

    2Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at its appointed time.

    3On the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time: according to all its rites and according to all its ceremonies, you shall keep it.

    4And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover.

  • Deut 6:7
    70%

    7And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

  • Exod 12:3
    70%

    3Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth day of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a household:

  • Josh 22:24
    70%

    24And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel?

  • Jer 5:19
    70%

    19And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us? then you shall answer them, Just as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

  • Exod 4:23
    70%

    23And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.

  • Exod 10:2
    70%

    2And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son's son, what things I have done in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am the LORD.

  • Deut 12:25
    70%

    25You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • Deut 16:12
    70%

    12And you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.

  • Num 15:18
    70%

    18Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land where I bring you,

  • Deut 16:1
    69%

    1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

  • Ezek 37:18
    69%

    18And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

  • Deut 4:25
    69%

    25When you beget children, and children's children, and have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger:

  • Exod 12:47
    69%

    47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.

  • Exod 12:1
    69%

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

  • Deut 4:10
    69%

    10Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

  • Deut 24:22
    69%

    22And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing.