When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
Moses faithfully taught the elders all God had commanded him. The people must not stir out of doors that night, staying under the protection of the blood; their safety hangs on the sprinkled mark, not on their own wisdom or strength. Later they must teach their children what this service means.
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Commenting on Exodus 12:21-28
And the children of Israel went away,.... The elders of the people, Exo 12:21 they departed to their several tribes and families at Goshen and elsewhere: and did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they; they took a lamb on the tenth day, and kept it till the fourteenth, on which day they slew it, and roasted it with fire, and ate...
Seven days of unleavened bread commemorates Israel's hurried departure, when they had no time to leaven their dough. The Jews searched every corner with a candle to remove leaven from their houses. One who eats leaven during those days is cut off from the community and its privileges.
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Commenting on Exodus 12:15-51