THE EXODUS · Day 4 of 10
The Passover
1 · READ THE TEXT
Exodus 12:1-14 & 1 Corinthians 5:7
Exodus 12:1-14
Open in the reader →1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 7And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. 8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 11And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover. 12For 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. 13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 14And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
1 Corinthians 5:7
Open in the reader →7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
2 · UNDERSTAND
Before the final plague comes a detailed instruction: a lamb without defect per household, blood on the doorframes, meat roasted, eaten in haste with sandals on. And the command to repeat it every year "as a lasting ordinance" — memory becomes institution. What protects is not the merit of those inside, it is the blood on the door. Centuries later Paul would write a one-line sentence tying it all together: "Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed". Jesus died precisely at Passover, and the last supper was a Passover meal. The exodus from Egypt is the template of every biblical liberation.
3 · REFLECT AND ANSWER
Read the text again and answer calmly. Your answers are kept only in this browser.
- 1.What does this text reveal about who God is?
- 2.What does it show about people — and about you?
- 3.What will you do differently today because of it?
4 · LIVE AND PRAY
Practical application
Create a "memorial" today: write the date and what God has already delivered you from. Keep it where you can see it — faith is sustained by remembering.
Lesson prayer
Lamb of God, your blood covers me. May I never grow used to the price of my freedom. Amen.
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