Exodus 12:27

"It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights the importance of faithfulness in teaching future generations about God's deliverance. It underscores the responsibility of parents to provide a meaningful explanation for religious practices, ensuring that the next generation understands and honors their heritage and the significance of divine intervention.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover -or This is the sacrifice of the Passover to Yahweh. The most formal and exact designation of the festival is thus given: but “the Passover” may mean either the act of God’s mercy in sparing the Israelites, or the lamb which is offered in sacrifice: more probably the latter, as inExodus 12:21. This gives a clear sense to the expression “to Yahweh;” the Passover lamb was a sacrifice offered to Yahweh by His ordinance.

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