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Exodus 12:1 – 12:14
Don’t pass over the Passover. This is God’s memorial day. The Passover marks the beginning of deliverance from bondage and the beginning of the Jewish religious year (vv. 1-2). The Lord said “When I see the blood, I will pass over you” (v.13). The sprinkled blood on the …

Exodus 12:15 – 12:24
In celebration of the Passover meal they were to eat bread made without leaven (v. 15). This is flat bread made with no yeast. In fact if you ate anything made with yeast during this festival, you would be excommunicated from Israel. The only work they were allowed to do during t …

Exodus 12:25 – 12:36
Moses called all of the elders of Israel together and repeated to them the instructions for the Passover that God had explained to him (vv. 25-27). Having witnessed the previous nine terrifying plagues that had come upon the Egyptians the Israelites were quick to do what God had …

Exodus 12:37 – 12:51
As the children of Israel leave Egypt they go south from Rames to Succoth (v. 37) which is along the western side of the Red Sea. It states that there were 600,000 Israelite men plus women and children. Therefore it is estimated that the entire group must ha …