English Standard Version By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. Romans 9). 37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses(BO) to Sukkoth. Because Christians have been redeemed by the Lamb of God, they do not belong to themselves, and they must therefore live out their lives as a living sacrifice to God. This was likely not immediately perceived, but there are several similarities between the Passover lamb and the Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. 24:14). (1) Because Christ is our Passover Lamb, we are Gods possession. 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. 24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. 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. The first Passover meal was to consist of the roasted sacrificial animal, bitter herbs, and unleavened bread (12:8). WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. WebLater, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. No grief will have ever been greater for the Egyptians, and yet not the least evil128 would fall upon the Israelites. (BP) There were about six hundred thousand men(BQ) on foot, besides women and children. Web31 During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! Not only is the slaughter of the Egyptian firstborn the means God used to release His people from slavery, it is the angel of the Lord who smote the firstborn. Not at all. When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the Lord, I have sinned; I, the shepherd, have done wrong. Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (3) The Passover celebrations was a means of incorporating or excluding the Gentiles in the covenant of God to Abraham (Exod. 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. The Angel of Death is a misnomer. 13:9; cf. The second is the instructions given to the Israelites regarding the Passover, which is Gods means of protecting His people from the plague. (P), 12On that same night I will pass through(Q) Egypt and strike down(R) every firstborn(S) of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods(T) of Egypt. APE-MAN? (BW), 43The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, These are the regulations for the Passover meal:(BX). All things were created through Him and for Him. Finally, there is a brief account given of the plague itself, just as God had said through Moses. The slaughter of the Egyptians took place a long time ago, and thus we do not have the kind of emotional reaction to this account as we have seen to the bombing of Hiroshima or the Nazi death camps of Germany. The purpose of this revelation thus dictates its form. (3) The Passover teaches us the important role played by religious ceremony (liturgy, if you prefer) in the Christians experience. 46It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. 12:12). Perhaps first, a little on angels in general will help. (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. 35The Israelites did as Moses instructed and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold(BK) and for clothing. (BT) 41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lords divisions(BU) left Egypt. We must acknowledge that God had the right (as He still does) to smite the firstborn of Egypt. 16On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. 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. ), New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. 53). We will briefly review these: (1) The time of the Passover meal. 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. There was to be one sacrificial animal per household, unless the family was too small to consume one. 30Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing(BC) in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead. The instructions for the celebrations of the first Passover were specific, and dealt with several aspects of the feast. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand ( Exod. Paul also speaks of our suffering in Passover terms. 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. Likewise consider who saw the blood on the door posts of the Israelites; Exodus 12: 21-23 records: 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 lamb. I am the Lord. 12:24-25). For the Lord will pass by to smite the Egyptians: and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel and on the two door cheeks, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to plague. 6:19-20). None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. His sister, Miriam, follows along as the basket floats away. Exod. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! We shall therefore now consider the future implications of the first Passover celebration, as outlined in our text. 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. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt. Thus, this plague is the capstone, as it were, of the plagues. There is no clearer example of salvation by grace in the Old Testament than the Passover which we have just studied. Exod. Web7 Bible Verses about Angel Of Death Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. First they tempt, then accuse and finally punish and torment, both wicked humans and fallen angels. 5The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(E) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. The heartless Pharaoh still refused to free the Israelite slaves. 26 Your children will ask you, What are we celebrating? 27 And you will answer, The Passover animal is killed to honor the Lord. (2) The Passover lamb (12:3-8, 21-23). MAN & WOMAN: Is there a real definition of man and woman in a world that wants fluid gender? 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. For the LORD will pass through smiting the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over that door and will not allow the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite, And Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite, And Yahweh will go through to strike Egypt, and he will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come to your houses to strike. And Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to smite [you]. 12:46), so no bone of our Lord was broken (John 19:32-36). (4) The Passover was another evidence of the grace of God in the lives of His people. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. The suffering of the Passover lamb is the pattern for the saints to follow when they suffer. Verses 9 and 10 are also a parenthetical explanation of why Pharaoh stubbornly refused to heed the warning of the plagues. The Lord Jesus, as the Passover lamb, is the pattern for Christian suffering, and the way it should be dealt with. The solution to this apparent discrepancy is to observe the way this text (as well as others in Exodus) is structured. Gods provision of a means of escape was based upon His grace, not Israels merits. Were you helped by this answer? For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. So God, brought about one last plague, which was so terrible that it was certain to persuade Pharaoh to let his slaves go. Although angels, if given the command of God, can take away a life, they will not do so unless they have received that command or if God wills it. 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. NOAH: What Race was Noah? (3) The plague of the firstborn was an appropriate punishment of Egyptians for their oppression of Israel (Gen. 15:14; Exod. For less than $5/mo. On these (two) days, no work was to be done, other than cooking. 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. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . 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. 3:20; 6:1; 11:1; 12:31-32). 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. When God freed the Israelites, He did so so that they may become His servants. Passover thus was a kind of dividing line between a true believer and an outsider. The Lord will go through Egypt to kill the Egyptians. 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. 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. The firstborn of Israel were not spared because they were more worthy or more righteous than the Egyptians. For the entire seven days, no leavened bread was to be eaten. 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. 31During the night Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, Up! Start FREE. These include references in Numbers 9:1-4 , Numbers 28:16-25 , Deuteronomy 16:1-6 , and Leviticus 23:4-8 . the blood shall be for a token for you: i.e., Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed, Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular, A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular, To hop, skip over, to hesitate, to limp, to dance, Preposition | second person masculine plural, Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle, Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular, Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct, Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa, The Israelites are driven out of the land, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Law: Exodus 12:13 The blood shall be to you (Exo. Every child of God belongs to God, and must live in the light of belonging to Him. Leave my people, you and the Israelites! Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abrahams bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. Now relax your hand! And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 138-139. In other words, while we can refer to the deaths occasioned by the other plagues as acts of God (meaning that some natural disaster occurred), this 10th plague is very literally an act of God for God Himself slew the firstborn of Egypt (Exod. WebLater, in II Kings 19:35, the angel kills 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. (1) The redemption of the firstborn (Exod. Neh. 1). 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. PARABLE? This plague accomplished precisely what God intended, and what Moses had been asking for all along. And the blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. Ridding them of their false worship entirely was a much more long-term operation, but this was at least a beginning. 131 We use the term lamb aware that the sacrificial animal could have been either a lamb or a goat (Exod. Also, when a child asks the meaning of a celebration, the parent is to teach its significance (12:26-27; 13:14). Thus, Moses has not left Pharaohs presence at the end of chapter 10 and returned again to make his statement in verses 4-8 of chapter 11. WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. WebThe Eternal will pass through the land during the night and bring death to the Egyptians. A new religious calendar was given to the nation at this time. Get the BEST VALUE in digital Bible study as you prepare for Easter. Sinai was based upon the events of the exodus (cf. God used angels in bringing the plagues on Egypt (Psalm 78:43, 49) and sent the destroying angel to execute the firstborn in Egypt at the Passover (Exodus 12:13, 23). Paul told them he had already acted (5:3-4), and that they should do likewise, by putting this man out of the assembly. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 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. Bob was born and raised in a Christian home i More, The Net Pastors Journal, Eng. Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. 11This 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. 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. (M) 10Do not leave any of it till morning;(N) if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 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. It is with such protests in mind that we must seek to interpret and apply the killing of every firstborn in Egypt, not only of men, but of the animals as well. 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. For USA tax deductible donations click here. Provision was also made for non-Israelites to partake of the Passover, if they were circumcised (acknowledging their faith in the Abrahamic Covenant, cf. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt. The Passover lamb was to be purchased or selected on the 10th day of the month, and slaughtered at twilight130 on the evening of the 14th. 20Eat nothing made with yeast. Keller says it is. 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. 24-25 After you have entered the country promised to you by the Lord, you and your children must continue to celebrate Passover each year. He will not let the one who brings death come into your houses and kill you. When those 70,000 people from Dan to Beersheba died, the Bible specifically mentions the Lord sent an angel who brought this to pass. Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. What colour was he? Go, worship the Lord as you have requested. 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. 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. 32 Take your flocks and herds, as you have said, and go. And when your children ask you, What does this ceremony mean to you? then tell them, It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.. WebThe Passover. 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. But when He sees the blood around your door, the Lord will pass over the door. Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. 29At midnight(AY) the Lord(AZ) struck down all the firstborn(BA) in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock(BB) as well. DOG EVOLUTION? English Standard Version By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. Web7 Bible Verses about Angel Of Death Exodus 12:23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. Israel was Gods possession. Nevertheless, Gods actions here (and similar actions elsewhere) are explainable. TIM KELLER ON EVOLUTION & ADAM: Is evolution compatible with Adam and Eve and the Fall of Man? WebHis angel that brings death will pass over and not kill your first-born sons. In the 8th chapter of his epistle to the Romans, Paul writes of the victory which the Christian can have in suffering (8:31-35). New International Version (NIV). Bob is a pastor/teacher and elder at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas, and has contributed many of his Bible study series for use by the Foundation. Other Quranic verses refer to a multitude of angels of death. 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