Exodus 12:26

26 And when your children say to you, 'Why are we doing this?'

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 "Keep this word. It's the law for you and your children, forever.

25 When you enter the land which God will give you as he promised, keep doing this.

26 And when your children say to you, 'Why are we doing this?'

27 tell them: 'It's the Passover-sacrifice to God who passed over the homes of the Israelites in Egypt when he hit Egypt with death but rescued us.'" The people bowed and worshiped.

28 The Israelites then went and did what God had commanded Moses and Aaron. They did it all.