Exodus 12:23

Protection and safety Salvation

²¹ Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

²² Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

²⁴ And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.

²⁵ When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
KJV: 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.
WEB: For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
ASV: For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
DARBY: 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].
BLB: And YHWH will pass through to strike Egypt, and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and YHWH will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your⁺ houses to strike [you].

ÅB: For Herren skal gå igjennom landet for å slå egypterne, og når han ser blodet på det øverste dørtre og på begge dørstolpene, skal han gå døren forbi og ikke la ødeleggeren få komme inn i deres hus og slå dere.
OTB: For Herren vil gå gjennom for å slå egypterne; men når han ser blodet på den øvre dørbjelken og de to dørstolpene, vil Herren gå forbi døren og ikke tillate ødeleggeren å komme inn i husene deres for å slå dere.
B1930: For Herren skal gå igjennem landet for å slå egypterne, og når han ser blodet på det øverste dørtre og på begge dørstolpene, skal han gå døren forbi og ikke la ødeleggeren få komme inn i eders hus og slå eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 7:3
“Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have sealed the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
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Revelation 9:4
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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Hebrews 11:28
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
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Exodus 12:12–13
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
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1 Corinthians 10:10
And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
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Ezekiel 9:6
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
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Isaiah 37:36
Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
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2 Samuel 24:16
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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