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Exodus 12:28

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Obedience

26 When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

27 you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

29 Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

30 During the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.

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BSB
And the Israelites went and did just what the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.
KJV
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
WEB
The children of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
ASV
And the children of Israel went and did so; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
DARBY
And the children of Israel went away, and did as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron; so did they.
BLB
And the sons of Israel went and did as YHWH had commanded Moses and Aaron; so they did.
ÅB
Og Israels barn gikk bort og gjorde dette; som Herren hadde sagt til Moses og Aron, slik gjorde de.
OTB
Så gikk Israels barn og gjorde akkurat som Herren hadde befalt Moses og Aron, de gjorde som de ble befalt.
B1930
Og Israels barn gikk bort og gjorde dette; som Herren hadde sagt til Moses og Aron, således gjorde de.

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Cross references

  • 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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