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God instructed the Israelites to sacrifice an unblemished lamb and smear its blood on their doorframes. This would allow God to pass over their homes when bringing the tenth and final plague to Egypt, killing all firstborn sons. The Israelites were to roast and quickly eat the lamb along with bitter herbs and unleavened bread while dressed to leave immediately. That night, God killed all firstborn Egyptian sons but passed over Israelite homes marked with blood. Pharaoh finally let the Israelites depart from Egypt. This Passover commemoration is still observed today.

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God instructed the Israelites to sacrifice an unblemished lamb and smear its blood on their doorframes. This would allow God to pass over their homes when bringing the tenth and final plague to Egypt, killing all firstborn sons. The Israelites were to roast and quickly eat the lamb along with bitter herbs and unleavened bread while dressed to leave immediately. That night, God killed all firstborn Egyptian sons but passed over Israelite homes marked with blood. Pharaoh finally let the Israelites depart from Egypt. This Passover commemoration is still observed today.

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STORY GUIDE EXODUS 12:1-14

THE PASSOVER
Old Testament Lesson #37

Until now, Pharaoh had not let the Israelites go. • Before the plagues, Pharaoh had asked, “Who
is the LORD, that I should obey him and let
The 10th and final plague to come upon Egypt would
Israel go?” (Exodus 5:2). In this plague, God
be the killing of every firstborn son of Egypt, both men
had given Pharaoh an irrefutable answer (see
and animals. Through this act God would bring judg-
Exodus 12:12 and Psalm 78:43-53).
ment on all the gods of Egypt.
The Israelites could avoid the plague but were
The Passover
required to take some action so that God’s plague
I. God sent nine plagues to Egypt, but the
would “pass over” them. This action, called the
Pharaoh still did not release the Israelites.
LORD’s Passover, involved a special sacrifice and
A. God sent the tenth and final plague.
meal.
B. He would kill every firstborn son in Egypt.
God gave Moses specific instructions regarding how
C. The killing would occur at midnight on a
the Passover was to be kept. The steps included:
certain day.
1. Selecting an unblemished year-old male lamb for
D. Firstborn male animals would also be
each household and then killing it on the appointed
killed.
day.
2. Staining the sides and tops of the door frames of the
II. The Israelites could avoid the plague if each
houses with blood from the lamb.
house followed specific rules.
3. Eating the lamb roasted, along with bitter herbs and
A. Select and kill an unblemished lamb.
bread made without yeast (unleavened bread).
B. Spread the lamb’s blood on the door frame.
4. Consuming in haste all the food and leaving nothing
C. Roast and eat the lamb quickly, while
for the next day.
wearing certain kinds of clothing.
5. Wearing cloaks and sandals while they ate so they
D. Also eat bitter herbs and unleavened bread.
could depart quickly.
That night at midnight, God struck dead the firstborn
III. The plague came as planned.
of Egypt, but God “passed over” every house that dis-
A. God passed over all houses with blood on
played the required blood marks, and death did not
the door frames.
come to the firstborn in them.
B. Houses without blood experienced death.
This was the final blow to Pharaoh. People and ani-
C. The Egyptians cried throughout the land.
mals died in every household of Egypt. There was a
D. Pharaoh let the Israelites leave.
loud wailing in the land. Pharaoh finally consented to
let the Israelites leave.
ANSWER KEY:
POINTS TO CONSIDER: Select, unblemished, lamb, household, Kill, appointed,
• This sacrifice and feast were established as a day, Stain, sides, tops, door, frames, houses, lambs,
lasting ordinance throughout Israel’s history eaten, blood, Eat, roasted, lamb, bitter, herbs, unleav-
and is still kept today. It became known as the ened, bread, Consume, all, food, quickly, Leave, none,
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Wear, cloaks, sandals, eating, depart, quickly, necessary,
The Feast of Unleavened Bread became one of midnight, passed, over, every, house, blood, marks
three feasts that were required for all males to
attend in Jerusalem according to the law of
Moses (see Leviticus 23, especially verses
4-14).
• John the Baptist referred to Jesus as the Lamb
of God (John 1:29,36), and the apostle Paul
referred to Jesus’ death as a Passover sacrifice
for Christians (1 Corinthians 5:7).

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