129 Another name for this first month of the sacred calendar is Abib (Exod. For the Lord shall pass [forth] smiting the Egyptians; and when he shall see the blood in the lintel, and in ever either post (and when he shall see the blood on the lintel, and on both door-posts), he shall pass (over) the door of the house; and he shall not suffer the smiter to enter into your houses, and to hurt. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . Thus, this plague is the capstone, as it were, of the plagues. Now then, think it over and decide how I should answer the one who sent me. David said to Gad, I am in deep distress. 48A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lords Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. ), New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! 24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. 9:16). Every child of God belongs to God, and must live in the light of belonging to Him. But when He sees the blood around your door, the Lord will pass over the door. 44Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(BZ) him, 45but a temporary resident or a hired worker(CA) may not eat it. While the deaths of innocent Jews and Japanese are protested, in our text God is to be praised, partially on the basis of the slaughter of the Egyptians. 12:12). Not at all. Because God has spared us from His wrath by His mercy, we are to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice: Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of Gods mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to Godwhich is your spiritual worship (Rom. There were several purposes for the Passover celebration, some of which were to be understood at a later time. (D) 4If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. There is no specific mention of any Egyptians celebrating the first Passover, although this is possible, even likely. On the first day of the feast, all presence of yeast is to be removed from the house. The firstborn of Israel were spared due to the grace of God alone. On this first and last of the seven days, a sacred assembly is held (12:16). 5:7). Berean Standard Bible Finally, there is a brief account given of the plague itself, just as God had said through Moses. That night, God sent the angel of Wherever you live,(AI) you must eat unleavened bread.(AJ). I fear that all too many presentations of the gospel do not inform people that when they come to faith in Christ, they cease to own themselves, and that they become Christs possession. One man, Adam, had sinned, so one sinless man, Jesus, needed to die to buy redemption. This explains how Moses knew that this was the final plague, and why Pharaoh will nonetheless reject the warning. (Z) On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off(AA) from Israel. The Lord Jesus, as the Passover lamb, is the pattern for Christian suffering, and the way it should be dealt with. In the first place, most of the plagues were preceded by an announcement and a warning. And anyone, whether foreigner(AG) or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off(AH) from the community of Israel. New International Version (NIV). In the first epistle of Peter, the apostle informs Christians who are suffering that the passion, the suffering of the Lord Jesus, the Passover lamb, was a pattern for the suffering of all the saints (cf. The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread, Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. The Passover animal was to be a male yearling, either a goat or a sheep (12:5). Then it happened that night that the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead. In order to save Moses from the grisly fate pharaoh has decreed, his mother and sister put him in a basket and set it afloat on the river. The firstborn of Israel thus belonged to God as a result of the Passover, and all of Israel as a result of the exodus. While it is true that the Egyptians suffered for their sins in the plague of the firstborn (and the other plagues too), we ought not overlook the suffering of the Israelites during the 400 years of oppression, and even during the days which immediately preceded the exodus. Start FREE. The month of Abib approximates to our month of April. 26 Your children will ask you, What are we celebrating? 27 And you will answer, The Passover animal is killed to honor the Lord. First they tempt, then accuse and finally punish and torment, both wicked humans and fallen angels. Thus, circumcision enabled one to participate fully in the Passover celebration. By the annual observance of Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, God not only reminded His people of His mighty deeds in the past, but also taught them concerning the future. Sex offenders are people who simply have a different sexual orientation or preferences, until they molest someone close to us. So, the bottom line is there was no Angel of Death, or Death Angel involved in the Passover after all. God then sent the angel to Jerusalem but when he saw the destruction about to begin, he compassionately changed his mind and ordered the death angel, Enoughs enough! The meat was eaten along with bitter herbs and unleavened bread (12:8). For the entire seven days, no leavened bread was to be eaten. Much of Johns teaching and research is available on the extensive range of DVDs and CDs available from Creation Research. Just as Gods claims on the Israelites were spelled out in the Law, given a little later on in Israels history, so Gods claims on our lives as believers are given to us in the Scriptures. (4) The Passover was another evidence of the grace of God in the lives of His people. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Let us heed His commandments well, for we belong to Him. Exodus 12:12,13 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. They are fakes and frauds. But when He sees the blood-markings across the tops of your doorways and down your two doorposts, He will pass over your houses and not allow His messenger of death to enter into your houses and strike you down. This was not a feast which Israel devised on her own, but one which God designed and very carefully prescribed. Go on to share how the original Passover heralded the coming of Christ as Son, and the glorious resurrection of Jesus the Saviour. I must say at the outset that Christians are obliged to praise and worship God, regardless of whether or not we understand His actions, and that, as God He is free to act in any way He chooses. Ex). For a survey of the different views, cf. 23When the Lord goes through the land to strike(AN) down the Egyptians, he will see the blood(AO) on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over(AP) that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer(AQ) to enter your houses and strike you down. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . Thus, Moses has not left Pharaohs presence at the end of chapter 10 and returned again to make his statement in verses 4-8 of chapter 11. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. 38Many other people(BR) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. the blood shall be for a token for you: i.e., Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed, Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular, A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular, To hop, skip over, to hesitate, to limp, to dance, Preposition | second person masculine plural, Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular, Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct, Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa, The Israelites are driven out of the land, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Exodus 12:13 The blood shall be to you (Exo. 53:6-7). For Hashem will pass through to strike the Mitzrayim; and when He seeth the dahm upon the mashkof, and on the two mezuzot, Hashem will pasach (pass over, spare, skip) the entrance, and will not permit the Mashkhit (Destroyer, i.e., Hashems emissary of judgment, [see Num 22:31 on the Malach Hashem]) to enter unto your batim to strike. The only possible source of confusion is in verse 23, where the Lord states that upon seeing the blood on the door posts of the Israelites, He will not allow the destroyer to enter the house. He will not let the one who destroys come into your houses to kill you. Start FREE. 13:9; cf. 49The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner(CE) residing among you., 50All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded(CF) Moses and Aaron. Those who ate anything leavened during the week of the Feast of Unleavened Bread were to be excluded from the community of Israel, whether this person was an Israelite or a foreigner (12:19). But the importance of this Passover account is that it was this God Himself, who came as the God-man Jesus, as a first-born Son who would give up His life, as payment for the sins of the people of God. 1 Pet. (5) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was an occasion for God to manifest His great power: But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth (Exod. So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. What Israel did on that first Passover night was a prototype for all future Passover observances. We must acknowledge that God had the right (as He still does) to smite the firstborn of Egypt. Let no one seek to suffer in this way, but let no one dare to suggest that suffering in the life of the saint is inappropriate, the result of either sin or unbelief. Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. But to decrease your confusion, lets ask; are there any angels in the entire Bible who do function as Death Angels, or perhaps we can ask about any created angelic beings who have brought or do bring death? Just as the firstborn in Egypt were in danger of being smitten by the death angel, so men, women, and children are in danger of living out eternity in Hell, enduring the eternal wrath of God (cf. WebThe Passover. Joshua 2:12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: 1 Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. Israel was Gods possession. Here as well, those who died were not military combatants, but civilians, among whom were many women and children. Since the Passover was the commencement of a new life, the month (of Abib129, cf. (AD) Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. 33 The Egyptians urged the people to hurry and leave the country. John the Baptist, Matthew 11:10, quoting Malachi 3:1. In the popular retelling of the Passover story, the "destroyer" is often called the "angel of death," but the words "angel of death" don't actually appear anywhere in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian New Testament or the Islamic Quran. The plague of the firstborn was exceedingly appropriate since the Egyptians were seeking to kill all of the male babies born to the Israelites (cf. (1) The Passover and the tenth plague served as a judgment on the gods of Egypt, whom the Israelites had worshipped in Egypt (cf. Thus the story of the Exodus was to be retold, and its meaning reinforced. 130 There is considerable discussion and disagreement over the precise time at which the Passover sacrifice was to be slain. In the context of this chapter in First Corinthians, Paul has been speaking of a Christian who was living with the wife of his father (5:1). Like the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the redemption of the firstborn, the Passover was to become a permanent part of Israels religious liturgy (cf. Each succeeding plague was further proof of Gods existence and power, and gave greater substance to the warnings which followed. From this time onward two calendar reckonings were employed by the Israelites: one for sacred and the other for civil purposes, the first month of each year being in the seventh month of the other though the numbers always from Nisan as the first. Davis, p. 137. When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. (2) Verses 21-30, the revelation which Moses conveyed to the Israelites. Choose one of them for me to carry out against you. So Gad went to David and said to him, Shall there come on you three years of famine in your land? (2) The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exod. After the Babylonian captivity, new calendar names were adopted and the ancient name Abib was changed to Nisan (cf. Is it evolutionist? The answer is yes. Or three months of fleeing from your enemies while they pursue you? God's instructions about the Passover appear again, with details about how to observe it once the Israelites had left Egypt, in other parts of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). Since the firstborn of the Israelites belonged to God, they had to sacrifice them (in the case of an animal, except for the donkey, 13:13), or (in the case of a son) to offer a sacrifice to redeem them. English Standard Version The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. Let us learn to value and to practice those times of remembrance and anticipation which God has established and commanded us to do. The hasty departure of the Israelites did not afford the time required to bake leavened bread (12:34, 39). These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand ( Exod. In order to save Moses from the grisly fate pharaoh has decreed, his mother and sister put him in a basket and set it afloat on the river. When God freed the Israelites, He did so so that they may become His servants. (2) The Passover was for Israel a manifestation of Gods power. When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. On the first day you are to get rid of all the yeast in your houses, for if anyone during those seven days eats bread made with yeast, he shall no longer be considered one of my people. In the 8th chapter of his epistle to the Romans, Paul writes of the victory which the Christian can have in suffering (8:31-35). For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. 11:5; 12:29-30), all of the Israelites were spared. Moses assembled all the elders of Israel. Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. English Standard Version By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. Perhaps first, a little on angels in general will help. The first is the pronouncement to Pharaoh by Moses that this plague is about to come upon all of Egypt. When the unbelievers in hell cry out for help, an angel, also identified with Azrael, will appear on the horizon and tell them that they have to remain. Those who did not refrain from eating leavened bread were to be banned from the congregation of Israel, whether or not he was a native Israelite (cf. (4) The Passover Lamb was a model, a prototype (a type) of the Messiah, the Lamb of God through whom God would bring redemption to both Israel and the Gentiles (Exod. 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