Exodus 12:26

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

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 "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.

28 And the {Israelites} went, and they did as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron; so they did.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "and it will be"
• [b] Literally "service" or "work"
• [c] Or "What does this service mean to you?"