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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“Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever.
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When you enter the land the LORD has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony.
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Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’
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And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
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So the people of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded through Moses and Aaron.