And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
God bound this people to Himself alone through the Passover, making them His peculiar possession by redemption. They were to learn from this memorial that they could never lawfully turn to another God, since He had purchased them with His own hand and restored them from death to life.
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Beginning the year with spring, when the earth renews itself, was a fitting shadow of Christ's coming. Yet here is the deeper lesson: when our heads swim with care and our hands are full of urgent business, we must not let religion slip away or excuse ourselves from devotion. The sacred rite binds us to God even in our haste.
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Commenting on Exodus 12:1-20
The Lord spoke this to Moses and Aaron before the plagues ended, likely before the three days of darkness even fell. The account is placed here to avoid breaking the plague narrative, so all the Passover's rites and observances, from its first institution onward, stand together uninterrupted.
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