Introduction
We continue from Exodus 11 where we left Pharaoh under the threat that the firstborn of the Egyptians would be killed, if he continued to refuse to let the Israelites go. The Israelites are given instructions on what they must do.
Questions
I. What instructions were given about the lamb on the tenth and fourteenth day of the first month?
v 3 ... 'On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb ...
v 6 You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening.
2. What were they to tell their children when they asked about the Passover?
v 27 ... you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.’ ”
3. What was Pharaoh's reaction to the death of the firstborn?
v 31 and 32 He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, “Rise up, get out from amongst my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said! Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also!”
Summary Points
- v 1 to 11 Moses gives the Israelites instructions about the lamb that is to be killed and eaten in observing the Lord’s Passover on the night they are to escape Egypt
- v 12 to 28 The Israelites are told how to remember their escape, when the Lord kills all the firstborn of the Egyptians. All future generations are to have a Passover meal and a 7-day feast when they are to remove all yeast from their dwellings
- v 29 to 42 The firstborn in all Egyptian households are killed. Pharaoh and all the Egyptians want the Israelites to leave Egypt immediately. After receiving gifts from the Egyptians, all the people travel from Rameses to Succoth
v 43 to 51 The LORD gives Moses the details of how the Passover meal is to be observed