And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, what mean ye by this service? ] Of killing and roasting a lamb, and eating it with bitter herbs, and of abstaining from leavened bread.
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You and your children must obey these rules forever.
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When you enter the land that the Lord has promised to give you, you must perform this ritual.
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When your children ask you, "What does this ritual mean?'
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you will answer, "It is the sacrifice of Passover to honor the Lord, because he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. He killed the Egyptians, but spared us.' " The Israelites knelt down and worshiped.
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Then they went and did what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.