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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You shall observe this rite as a perpetual ordinance for you and your children.
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When you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this observance.
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And when your children ask you, "What do you mean by this observance?'
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you shall say, "It is the passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck down the Egyptians but spared our houses.' " And the people bowed down and worshiped.
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The Israelites went and did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
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