Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? 39With the dough the Israelites had brought from Egypt, they baked loaves of unleavened bread. I am the Lord. Rev. The weeping and wailing that night was not like anything ever heard in the land before. Berean Standard Bible NOAH: What Race was Noah? 6Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(F) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. Not at all. 33The Egyptians urged the people to hurry(BG) and leave(BH) the country. This explains how Moses knew that this was the final plague, and why Pharaoh will nonetheless reject the warning. The first Passover meal was to consist of the roasted sacrificial animal, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread (12:8). 14This is a day you are to commemorate;(X) for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lorda lasting ordinance. These are but sheep. The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. 12:1-2). 37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(BO) to Sukkoth. 48A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lords Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. 24:14). It was felt by many that it was inappropriate for our president to dignify the deaths of those involved in the mass slaughter of Jews, based solely on their race. There is not a great concern for a smooth flow chronologically as there is for laying, as it were, a historical and theological foundation for the ordinance of the Passover. I fear that all too many presentations of the gospel do not inform people that when they come to faith in Christ, they cease to own themselves, and that they become Christs possession. Thus, the Old Testament prophet, Isaiah, could speak of Israels Savior as a lamb: We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Also, when a child asks the meaning of a celebration, the parent is to teach its significance (12:26-27; 13:14). There is no need to elaborate further. (4) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was an act of grace, as well as an act of judgment. (4) The participants of the Passover. (4) The Passover was another evidence of the grace of God in the lives of His people. Exodus 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. Jesus death was a just penalty for sin in accordance to Gods own standard: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, life for life, and blood for blood. 44Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(BZ) him, 45but a temporary resident or a hired worker(CA) may not eat it. This covers the spiritual realm as well as the physical. He has an extensive teaching ministry on creation/evolution issues and continues to carry out research on evidence for creation and Noahs flood. The animal was to be roasted whole over the fire, not boiled or eaten raw. 24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. The month of Abib approximates to our month of April. He then quotes this passage from Psalm 44 to show that we, like Christ, are called to suffer as sheep: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered (Rom. The meat was eaten along with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (12:8). Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Keller says it is. On the first day you are to get rid of all the yeast in your houses, for if anyone during those seven days eats bread made with yeast, he shall no longer be considered one of my people. WebThe Passover. That night, God sent the angel of The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. Nothing personifies death. 53). 16:1) which literally means ear-month because it was at that time that the grain was in the ear. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. (2) Because Christ is our Passover lamb, we must live our lives in purity, in holy living. God's instructions about the Passover appear again, with details about how to observe it once the Israelites had left Egypt, in other parts of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). The sacrificial lamb131 was to be without defect (Exod. The reason why men find the judgment of God in the smiting of the firstborn so difficult to justify is that they do not grasp the seriousness of their own sin. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you. So Gad went to David and said to him, Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? 38Many other people(BR) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. No uncircumcised person could partake of the Passover, but by receiving circumcisionthat is, by identifying oneself with the Abrahamic Covenanteven a foreigner could partake of Passover, and with no distinctions between this individual and an Israelite. Now it came about at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. Just as the Passover celebrations (including the redemption of the firstborn and the Feast of Unleavened Bread) provided an opportunity to instruct the children concerning Gods work in the past and its bearing on the present, so the Lords table and baptism provide us with teaching opportunities which we dare not neglect. Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. God directed that the meaning of the celebration was to be explained to the children (13:8). 7:23). The only possible source of confusion is in verse 23, where the Lord states that upon seeing the blood on the door posts of the Israelites, He will not allow the destroyer to enter the house. (3) The Passover celebrations was a means of incorporating or excluding the Gentiles in the covenant of God to Abraham (Exod. `And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite. (1) The redemption of the firstborn (Exod. 13:9; cf. 21Then 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(AK) lamb. Is Jesus story of the rich man and Lazarus a parable? 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. WebThe Eternal will pass through the land during the night and bring death to the Egyptians. The Angel of Death is a misnomer. 33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. And also bless me.. The tenth and final plague is described in several phases. The Lord will go through Egypt to kill the Egyptians. 30Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(BC) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abrahams bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. APE-MAN? 9:16). Web7 Bible Verses about Angel Of Death Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. Not only are innocent children slaughtered by God here, but the occasion is the basis for an annual celebration by Israel, one that is to be carried on forever (Exod. Unfortunately, Christians have come to take the remembrance of our Lord lightly, and do it infrequently, often as a kind of footnote to some other service. 127 The NIV takes these verses as parenthetical and indicates so by rendering the text as a past perfect, rather than as a simple past tense. Let us each ask God to prepare our hearts to take the lesson of this incident seriously. 22:14-22; 1 Cor. 31During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! Sinai was based upon the events of the exodus (cf. 138-139. Ezekiel 9:4,6 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof, LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct, Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed, To hop, skip over, to hesitate, to limp, to dance, Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular, Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural, The Israelites are driven out of the land, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Exodus 12:23 For Yahweh will pass through to strike (Exo. (1) The Passover was a memorial of the deliverance of Israel, accomplished by the mighty power of God: This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the Lord is to be on your lips. So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. Sex offenders are people who simply have a different sexual orientation or preferences, until they molest someone close to us. The Passover necessitated the suffering of the Son of God. Perhaps first, a little on angels in general will help. 12:5), but since our Lord was referred to as the Lamb, I have chosen to speak of the sacrificial animal as a lamb. 10:21). John J. Davis, Moses and the Gods of Egypt (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1971), p. 136. Or three days of plague in your land? All things were created through Him and for Him. Ex). And Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite [you]. Thus, Moses has not left Pharaohs presence at the end of chapter 10 and returned again to make his statement in verses 4-8 of chapter 11. Since the firstborn of the Israelites belonged to God, they had to sacrifice them (in the case of an animal, except for the donkey, 13:13), or (in the case of a son) to offer a sacrifice to redeem them. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. It is used 176 times in the NT with the vast majority (150) of the messengers being angelic spiritual beings, but only the context determines whether a human or celestial messenger is intended. (3) The Passover teaches us the important role played by religious ceremony (liturgy, if you prefer) in the Christians experience. (CB) 47The whole community of Israel must celebrate it. This was likely not immediately perceived, but there are several similarities between the Passover lamb and the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. Ex). Thus the fact that Christ is our Passover lamb necessitates maintaining purity in our lives, and in the church as well. 12:14-20; 13:3-10). 13:3, 9, 14, 16; cf. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. Apart from the Lord God, who is the eternal Triune Creator, nothing exists in this universe except what was created. So, the bottom line is there was no Angel of Death, or Death Angel involved in the Passover after all. Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. Israel was Gods possession. First they tempt, then accuse and finally punish and torment, both wicked humans and fallen angels. 33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. 22Take a bunch of hyssop,(AL) dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood(AM) on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. That night, God sent the angel of Our attitude toward sin is very much shaped by our own perspectives and experiences. For the entire seven days, no leavened bread was to be eaten. Thus, every time the first boy was born to an Israelite family, the parents were reminded of their roots and the reason for their blessing, and every child was retold the story of the exodus. If you like checking the Hebrew the word destroyer here, is shachath (see Strongs number 7843) which as a verb means to decay, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin. No grief will have ever been greater for the Egyptians, and yet not the least evil128 would fall upon the Israelites. Each succeeding plague was further proof of Gods existence and power, and gave greater substance to the warnings which followed. Since He had spared their lives, He possessed them. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out(BS) of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves. Those who ate anything leavened during the week of the Feast of Unleavened Bread were to be excluded from the community of Israel, whether this person was an Israelite or a foreigner (12:19). WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. Josh. Every person in Egypt, whether an Israelite or an Egyptian, was worthy of Gods divine judgment. The answer is yes. 17Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. And also bless me.. 20Eat nothing made with yeast. The offer of salvation is before you. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand ( Exod. He will see the blood on the sides and tops of the doorframes. The institution of the Lords Table (communion) serves the same purposes. Were you helped by this answer? The plagues revealed the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt, and the power of the God of Israel. Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. The Passover lamb is therefore a pattern for the saints, showing us that innocent suffering is often a part of Gods will for the righteous, and that through the suffering of the saints, Gods purposes may be accomplished. 12:12). First they tempt, then accuse and finally punish and torment, both wicked humans and fallen angels. So, the moral of the story is why whenever we tell the story of the Passover we should stick to the narrative in Exodus 12, where we read in v24-27; Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 13:9; cf. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. Thus the story of the Exodus was to be retold, and its meaning reinforced. Just as the firstborn were worthy of divine judgment, and in danger of it, Gods solution must be believed and acted upon. TIM KELLER ON EVOLUTION & ADAM: Is evolution compatible with Adam and Eve and the Fall of Man? Since there were many non-Israelites who left Egypt with Israel (Exod. And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. Hot with anger, Moses then left the presence of Pharaoh. 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