Joan
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Joan
highlighted Exodus 13:16 NLT
This ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. It is a reminder that the power of the LORD’s mighty hand brought us out of Egypt.”
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 13:15 NLT
Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the LORD killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why I now sacrifice all the firstborn males to the LORD—except that the firstborn sons are always bought back.’
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 13:14 NLT
“And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 13:5 NLT
You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 13:2 NLT
“Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.”
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:51 NLT
On that very day the LORD brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:42 NLT
On this night the LORD kept his promise to bring his people out of the land of Egypt. So this night belongs to him, and it must be commemorated every year by all the Israelites, from generation to generation.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:41 NLT
In fact, it was on the last day of the 430th year that all the LORD’s forces left the land.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:37 NLT
That night the people of Israel left Rameses and started for Succoth. There were about 600,000 men, plus all the women and children.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:31 NLT
Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night. “Get out!” he ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you! Go and worship the LORD as you have requested.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:29 NLT
And that night at midnight, the LORD struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:17 NLT
“Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of Egypt on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this day from generation to generation.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:14 NLT
“This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the LORD. This is a law for all time.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:13 NLT
But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:12 NLT
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn son and firstborn male animal in the land of Egypt. I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt, for I am the LORD!
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:7 NLT
They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:23-25 NLT
For the LORD will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the LORD will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down. “Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever. When you enter the land the LORD has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 12:26-27 NLT
Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’ 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.
Mar 29
Joan
highlighted Exodus 11:7 NLT
But among the Israelites it will be so peaceful that not even a dog will bark. Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and the Israelites.
Mar 29