We shall therefore now consider the future implications of the first Passover celebration, as outlined in our text. Nevertheless, we must come to grips with the tremendous moral issues which this account raises. Each family was responsible for its own sacrificial animal, its own act of placing the blood on the door frame, and its own celebration of the meal. NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. 12:26-27; 13:8, 14-16). Just as the Passover celebrations (including the redemption of the firstborn and the Feast of Unleavened Bread) provided an opportunity to instruct the children concerning Gods work in the past and its bearing on the present, so the Lords table and baptism provide us with teaching opportunities which we dare not neglect. (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. (BV) 42Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come. But dont stop there! Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. Pull back!, but Petersons use of Death Angel is not actually a translation of any term in the Hebrew scriptures. 53). 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. 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. Ezekiel 9:4,6 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof, LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct, Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed, To hop, skip over, to hesitate, to limp, to dance, Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular, Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural, The Israelites are driven out of the land, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Exodus 12:23 For Yahweh will pass through to strike (Exo. For less than $5/mo. PARABLE? You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. The Passover was a corporate celebration in that all Israel observed the meal, just as Moses had instructed them (12:28, 50). 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. 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. 13:9; cf. This plague accomplished precisely what God intended, and what Moses had been asking for all along. Because the sparing of the Israelite firstborn was not a matter of merit, but of grace, God owned them. Eat it in haste;(O) it is the Lords Passover. Is Jesus story of the rich man and Lazarus a parable? 1 Pet. The New Testament teaches a number of practical applications of the Passover for contemporary Christians. Follow Christ's journey to the Cross. 12:5), just as the Lord Jesus was without blemish (1 Peter 1:19). (2) The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exod. Let me outline some of them briefly. 53:6-7). Romans 8:38-39ESV / 492 helpful votes HelpfulNot Helpful Or three days of plague in your land? The firstborn of all the Egyptians were smitten, while those of the Israelites were spared. And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. English Standard Version The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. The animal was to be roasted whole over the fire, not boiled or eaten raw. There was to be one sacrificial animal per household, unless the family was too small to consume one. Ultimately, it was not those many Passover lambs which spared the Israelite firstborn from death, it was the suffering and death of the Lamb of God, who died for all who would believe. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . Our attitude toward sin is very much shaped by our own perspectives and experiences. In the first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, we read, Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeastas you really are. (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. Paul clearly identified the Lord Jesus as the Passover lamb: For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed (1 Cor. His background is in geology and teaching. 13:14, 16; 3:20). Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth (1 Cor. 13:14, 16; 3:20). 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. The Grim Reaper, so to speak, does not exist in the way we have perceived it as a culture to exist. Lu. 2:1; Esth. (3) The Passover and the plague of the firstborn was proof of Gods possession of Israel. 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. Exodus 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. And also bless(BF) me.. The book of Hebrews reminds that there are specific heavenly angelic beings, designed to be ministering spirits (Hebrews 1:7) to the people of God on earth. 33The Egyptians urged the people to hurry(BG) and leave(BH) the country. (AE) 18In the first month(AF) you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. His sister, Miriam, follows along as the basket floats away. Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. 5:9). 24:14). His sister, Miriam, follows along as the basket floats away. On the first day of the feast, all presence of yeast is to be removed from the house. Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. Thus, the Old Testament prophet, Isaiah, could speak of Israels Savior as a lamb: We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. The blood of the animal was to be put on the sides and tops of the door frames where the animal was to be eaten (12:7). What have they done? 7:23). Ignoring God does not seem so serious, until we understand the importance of trusting and obeying Him. 38Many other people(BR) went up with them, and also large droves of livestock, both flocks and herds. Douay-Rheims Bible For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you. 10:21). John J. Davis, Moses and the Gods of Egypt (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1971), p. 136. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth (Isa. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. 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. 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. WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. 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? Here as well, those who died were not military combatants, but civilians, among whom were many women and children. 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. Chapter 12 can be divided into four major sections. 3Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a](C) for his family, one for each household. Eat it in haste; it is the Lords Passover (v11) The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. This covers the spiritual realm as well as the physical. The Passover lamb is therefore a pattern for the saints, showing us that innocent suffering is often a part of Gods will for the righteous, and that through the suffering of the saints, Gods purposes may be accomplished. That night, God sent the angel of WebIt was by faith that Moses commanded the people of Israel to keep the Passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorposts so that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons. For Jehovah will pass through the land and kill the Egyptians; but when he sees the blood upon the panel at the top of the door and on the two side pieces, he will pass over that home and not permit the Destroyer to enter and kill your firstborn. When Moses spoke to Pharaoh about the Israelites, he said, Let My son go, that he may serve Me (Exod. In the context of Psalm 44, from which this citation was taken, we learn that those saints who suffered as described above were those who were faithful to God, not those who were disobedient. If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Davis, pp. 8That same night(I) they are to eat the meat roasted(J) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,(K) and bread made without yeast. Moses assembled all the elders of Israel. It is used 176 times in the NT with the vast majority (150) of the messengers being angelic spiritual beings, but only the context determines whether a human or celestial messenger is intended. (1) The Passover was a memorial of the deliverance of Israel, accomplished by the mighty power of God: This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the Lord is to be on your lips. English Standard Version By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . And then, in the 4th verse of chapter 11 Moses seems to appear again before Pharaoh, in contradiction to Pharaohs order and to Moses retort. Thus, verses 1 and 9 of chapter 11 begin, the Lord had said to Moses. (2) The Passover lamb (12:3-8, 21-23). Moses tells Pharaoh that he is right, that he will never see his face again (v. 29). This is the second death, the lake of fire. The initial Passover meal was the first of endless annual celebrations (12:14, 17, 24; 13:10). 130 There is considerable discussion and disagreement over the precise time at which the Passover sacrifice was to be slain. Several times the narrative of events is interrupted by explanatory statements, which serve to explain the turn of events which is described in the narrative. It can refer to a human messenger, e.g. 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. APE-MAN? The first Passover meal was to consist of the roasted sacrificial animal, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread (12:8). 2:16-24). The Angel of Death is a misnomer. 1 and 2; 7:14ff.). It was felt by many that it was inappropriate for our president to dignify the deaths of those involved in the mass slaughter of Jews, based solely on their race. John the Baptist, Matthew 11:10, quoting Malachi 3:1. WebThe Passover. Sinai was based upon the events of the exodus (cf. Verses 1-3 are cited before the announcement of Moses to Pharaoh that the firstborn of Egypt will be slain. The month of Abib approximates to our month of April. 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). As the tenth and final plague, the smiting of the firstborn of Egypt conclusively proved that the gods of Egypt were powerless, non-existent, while the God of Israel was all-powerful. When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, Enough! Moses pronouncement to Israel: instructions regarding the Passover (Exodus 12:1-13, 21-23). Their hope is that the basket will float to safety and whoever finds the baby will adopt him as their own. This possibility is enhanced by the report that some Egyptians had taken heed of previous warnings (9:18-21). 12:14, etc.). The Angel of Death is a misnomer. 5:7). (3) The Passover celebrations was a means of incorporating or excluding the Gentiles in the covenant of God to Abraham (Exod. WebThe LORD said, For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast eat only unleavened bread. Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. It is the final blow of the ten plagues (there is yet to be the drowning of the Egyptian army) which will compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites. After the death of the firstborn of Egypt, the Egyptians did not want to be reminded of their grief by seeing the Israelites. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. (BT) 41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lords divisions(BU) left Egypt. 15:6, 12; 16:3). (v12), Note well the text records it is not an angel who was sent to strike down the people, but the striker is named as the Lord God Himself. 17Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(AC) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. For a survey of the different views, cf. Aggelos is best defined as a messenger, and generally a messenger from God, one who conveys news from God to men. 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. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. WebLater, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. We will briefly survey the principle purposes of the Passover. It may not be possible to determine with any degree of certainty, nor is it necessary that we do so. 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? In verses 4-8, Moses declared the essence of this revelation to Pharaoh, as it related to him. Paul also speaks of our suffering in Passover terms. 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. (v6-7) This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. INSECT STINGS: Did insects such as bees and wasps have stingers before Adam sinned? Since a number of foreigners accompanied the Israelites out of Egypt (12:38), this was a necessary distinction. A number of commemorations were held, ranging from memorial services for those killed or injured to demonstrations protesting the use of nuclear weapons. Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. Web31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! 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. When those 70,000 people from Dan to Beersheba died, the Bible specifically mentions the Lord sent an angel who brought this to pass. But when the Angel of Death saw the blood on the door posts of the people of Israel, he passed over so none of them was afflicted by the Angel of Death. However what surprises most people is the discovery that the term Death Angel or Angel of Death appears in no Bible translation at all. Not at all. 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. WebWhen I see the blood, I will pass over you. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Berean Standard Bible Theres more! The second is the instructions given to the Israelites regarding the Passover, which is Gods means of protecting His people from the plague. No foreigner(BY) may eat it. The word which is translated move literally means to cut into, to sharpen, or to bring to a point. The allusion here is to the fact that none would bring injury to Israel (cf. 2 Kings 19:35 Verse Concepts If so, consider making a donation so we can keep adding more answers. Since Christ is our Passover lamb, and He has already been sacrificed, the Corinthians should begin the Feast of Unleavened Bread, looking for any sign of leaven (a symbol of sin) and putting it far away from them (5:7-8). Surplus food was not to be kept overnight, but was to be burned (12:10). (3) Verses 31-42 give a historical overview of the exodus, from the command to leave issued by Pharaoh to an account of the departure, showing that Gods promises had been carried out in accord with His scheduleto the very day. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. DOG EVOLUTION? God therefore struck down the Egyptian firstborn while He spared the Israelite firstborn. 12:5), but since our Lord was referred to as the Lamb, I have chosen to speak of the sacrificial animal as a lamb. 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. We must acknowledge that God had the right (as He still does) to smite the firstborn of Egypt. Ed, Issue 46, Winter 2023. 5The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(E) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Not at all. get answers to your Bible questions from 50+ resources ($2,400+ value! We will briefly review these: (1) The time of the Passover meal. Douay-Rheims Bible For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you. Had Israel been worthy, there would have been no need of the sacrifice of the Passover lamb, with its blood applied to the door frame. Drunks are people we can laugh at, until they get behind the wheel and kill one of our loved ones. 16:1) which literally means ear-month because it was at that time that the grain was in the ear. Also, when a child asks the meaning of a celebration, the parent is to teach its significance (12:26-27; 13:14). 5:6-8). (1) The Passover was a memorial of the deliverance of Israel, accomplished by the mighty power of God: This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the Lord is to be on your lips. WebSurah 32:11 mentions an angel of death identified with Azrael. At the same time, none of Israels firstborn, whether man or beast, was smitten. Hence all angels, celestial or earthly, came about as a result of creation by God. As I understand the sequence of events in chapters 10 and 11, Pharaoh had just demanded that Moses leave his presence, and warned that to return would mean death (10:28). For otherwise, they said, we will all die!(BI) 34So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, and carried it on their shoulders in kneading troughs(BJ) wrapped in clothing. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercy is great; but do not let me fall into human hands. So, the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the end of the time designated, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. 6:19-20). Unfortunately, Christians have come to take the remembrance of our Lord lightly, and do it infrequently, often as a kind of footnote to some other service. WebThe book gives the following examples of angels being executors: Angels were involved in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:1, 12-13). Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. 24Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance(AR) for you and your descendants. 2 Kings 19:35 Verse Concepts (2) Because Christ is our Passover lamb, we must live our lives in purity, in holy living. Now its over, tell your children every year of the significance of the Passover. 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). Web31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! The instructions concerning the Passover celebration alternate between the present and the future. 46It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Then the Lord will pass over that house. 9:16). So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. Ex). 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As mans Creator, God is absolutely justified in dealing with His creation as He sees fit (cf. The similarity of the deaths in Israel in Davids day to the Egyptian Passover are what has often given rise to the thought that a similar death angel was involved in the tenth plague in Egypt. There were several purposes for the Passover celebration, some of which were to be understood at a later time. Hot with anger, Moses then left the presence of Pharaoh. How, some will ask, can we find it possible to justify Gods actions here? WebIt was by faith that Moses commanded the people of Israel to keep the Passover and to sprinkle blood on the doorposts so that the angel of death would not kill their firstborn sons. WebThe Eternal will pass through the land during the night and bring death to the Egyptians. The plagues revealed the powerlessness of the gods of Egypt, and the power of the God of Israel. 35The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold(BK) and for clothing. This is entirely untrue. For the entire seven days, no leavened bread was to be eaten. On these (two) days, no work was to be done, other than cooking. It was the shed blood of the lamb which saved Israels firstborn from the plague (Exod. Let your hand fall on me and my family.. (4) The Passover was another evidence of the grace of God in the lives of His people. For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel and the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to slay you. 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. 8:36). 12:46), so no bone of our Lord was broken (John 19:32-36). 37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(BO) to Sukkoth. So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. The account of the Passover plague (Exodus 12:29-30). 2 Thes. 6Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(F) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 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. MAN & WOMAN: Is there a real definition of man and woman in a world that wants fluid gender? (4) Verses 43-51 conclude with further instructions for the Israelites regarding the celebration of the Passover in the future, especially focusing on the participation of foreigners. Is it evolutionist? And also bless me.. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. It is a holy God whom we serve, and this text will remind us of that fact as we come to it with reverence and sincerity. 21Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover(AK) lamb. They are fakes and frauds. 22Take a bunch of hyssop,(AL) dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood(AM) on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. In this passage and in 2 Samuel 24, the destroying angel is actually called the angel of the Lord, which many scholars take to be a reference to Christ in a pre-incarnate appearance.
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