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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And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
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And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
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And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
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that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
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And the children of Israel went and did so; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
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