Exodus 12:25

25 {And} when you come into the land that Yahweh will give to you, as he said, you will keep this {religious custom}.

Exodus 12:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:25

And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land
To the land of Canaan, towards which they were just about to set forward on their journey, and in a few years would be in the possession of: which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised;
to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to them: that ye shall keep this service;
enjoined them, respecting the passover lamb, and leavened bread, with all the rites and ceremonies relative thereunto, excepting such as were peculiar to the first passover in Egypt.

Exodus 12:25 In-Context

23 And Yahweh will go through to strike Egypt, and he will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come to your houses to strike [you].

24 "And you will keep this event as a rule for you and for your children forever.

25 {And} when you come into the land that Yahweh will give to you, as he said, you will keep this {religious custom}.

26 {And} when your children say to you, 'What [is] this {religious custom} for you?'

27 you will say, 'It [is] a Passover sacrifice for Yahweh, who passed over the houses of the {Israelites} in Egypt when he struck Egypt; and he delivered our houses.'" And the people knelt down and they worshiped.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "and it will be"
• [b]. Literally "service" or "work"