Exodus 12:26

26 When your children ask you, 'Why are we doing these things?'

Exodus 12:26 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:26

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.

Exodus 12:26 In-Context

24 "You must keep this command as a law for you and your descendants from now on.
25 Do this when you go to the land the Lord has promised to give you.
26 When your children ask you, 'Why are we doing these things?'
27 you will say, 'This is the Passover sacrifice to honor the Lord. When we were in Egypt, the Lord passed over the houses of Israel, and when he killed the Egyptians, he saved our homes.'" Then the people bowed down and worshiped the Lord.
28 They did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.
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