Exodus 12:12

"This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s Passover."

Key Reflection

This verse symbolizes readiness and vigilance during the Passover feast. By eating hastily with all their gear on, the Israelites are depicted as prepared to leave Egypt at a moment's notice, emphasizing both the urgency of salvation and their commitment to follow God’s commands swiftly.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I will pass through -A word wholly distinct from that which means “pass over.” The “passing through” was in judgment, the “passing over” in mercy. Against all the gods of Egypt -Compare the margin reference. In smiting the firstborn of all living beings, man and beast, God struck down the objects of Egyptian worship (compareExodus 12:5).

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