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TO THE WORD which I command
you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM IT,
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Part One..
With Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.
Introduction:
Exodus 12:1-27
serves as the blueprint for the Passover (Pesach) offering
and the eternal memorial of our liberation. While the previous chapters focused
on the struggle between Moses and Pharaoh, here the focus shifts inward to the
Israelite home. Before the physical exit from
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Below
are the verses from Exodus Chapter 12, verses 1 to 27: with Explanations
located directly below the verses..
1. And יְהוָה - the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the
Explanation: Verses 1-2: אֱלֹהִים - Elohim speaks to Moses
and Aaron in
3. Speak
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 their fathers’ houses, a
lamb for a household; 4. and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he
and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the
souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.
Explanation: Verses 3-4: The command is given for every
household to take a lamb on the tenth day of the month. If a family is
too small, they are to share with a neighbour, ensuring that the entire
community is unified and nothing is wasted.
5. Your
lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; ye shall take it from
the sheep, or from the goats;
Explanation: Verse 5: The lamb must be without blemish, a male of the first year,
representing the best of the flock.
6. and ye shall keep it unto the fourteenth day of the same
month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of
Explanation: Verse 6: The lamb is kept until the fourteenth day, at which point the entire assembly
of
7. And
they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the
lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.
Explanation: Verse 7: This is the specific
instruction to take the blood and strike it upon the two
side-posts and the lintel of the houses where they eat it. This acted as a sign
of protection and distinction.
8. And
they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread;
with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at
all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the
inwards thereof. 10. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but
that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall
burn with fire. 11. And 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 יְהוָה - the LORD’s Passover.
Explanation: Verses 8-11: Instructions on how to eat the
meal: roasted over fire (not raw or boiled), with unleavened bread (Matzah) and bitter herbs. They were to eat in haste, dressed
for travel shoes on feet and staff in hand, symbolising their readiness for
immediate redemption.
12. For I
will go through the
Explanation: Verses 12-13: אֱלֹהִים - Elohim explains the “Passover”:
He will go through
14. And
this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to יְהוָה - the LORD; throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an
ordinance for ever. 15. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; howbeit the first
day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses; for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from
Explanation: Verses 14-20: These verses establish the eternal statute of the seven-day festival.
Leaven (Chametz) must be removed from the home, and
the first and seventh days are declared ‘holy convocations’ where no work is
permitted.
21. Then
Moses called for all the elders of
Explanation: Verses 21-23: Moses summons the elders to
implement these instructions. He adds the detail of using a bunch of hyssop to apply the blood and
commands that no one leave their house until morning.
24. And
ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for
ever. 25. And
it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which
יְהוָה - the LORD will give you, according as He hath promised, that ye shall
keep this service. 26. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto
you: What mean ye by this service? 27. that ye
shall say: ‘It is the sacrifice of יְהוָה - the LORD’s Passover, for that He passed over
the houses of the children of
Explanation: Verses 24-27: The passage concludes with the
command to keep this service when they enter the Promised Land. Crucially, it
anticipates the questions
of future children, instructing parents to explain: “It is the
sacrifice of יְהוָה - the LORD’s Passover, for that He passed over the houses of the
children of
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My Closing Message:
The essence
of these 27 verses is identity and preparation. By marking their doors with
blood and eating the sacrifice
in haste, we the Israelites made a choice to separate themselves from Egyptian culture and trust
in אֱלֹהִים - Elohim’s promise. The blood on the
doorposts was an outward sign of an inward change. As we reflect on this, we
learn that redemption requires our active participation, we must “prepare our
staffs” and be ready to move when the call to freedom comes.
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