God’s Word Translation
Exodus 12:26
26When your children ask you what this ceremony means to you,
Exodus 12:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
- New International Version (NIV)And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?'
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’
Context of Exodus 12:26
24“You must follow these instructions. They are a permanent law for you and your children. 25When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. When your children ask you what this ceremony means to you, 27you must answer, ‘It’s the Passover sacrifice in the Lord’s honor. The Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he killed the Egyptians.’ ” Then the people knelt, bowing with their faces touching the ground. 28The Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
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וְהָיָ֕ה כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֥וּ אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם מָ֛ה הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 12:26
- Exodus 13:8On that day tell your children, ‘We do this because of what the Lord did for us when we left Egypt.’
- Deuteronomy 6:7Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you’re at home or away, when you lie down or get up.
- Deuteronomy 11:19Teach them to your children, and talk about them when you’re at home or away, when you lie down or get up.
- Deuteronomy 32:7Remember a time long ago. Think about all the past generations. Ask your fathers to remind you, and your leaders to tell you.
- Joshua 4:6This will be a sign for you. In the future your children will ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
- Psalms 78:3things that we have heard and known about, things that our parents have told us.
- Psalms 145:4One generation will praise your deeds to the next. Each generation will talk about your mighty acts.
- Isaiah 38:19Those who are living praise you as I do today. Fathers make your faithfulness known to their children.
- Ephesians 6:4Fathers, don’t make your children bitter about life. Instead, bring them up in Christian discipline and instruction.
Commentaries on Exodus 12:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26What mean ye by this service? - The establishment of this service annually was a very wise provision to keep up in remembrance this wonderful deliverance. From the remotest antiquity the institution of feasts, games, etc., has been used to keep up the memory of past grand events. Hence God instituted the Sabbath, to keep up the remembrance of the creation; and the passover to keep up the remembrance of the deliverance from Egypt. All the other feasts were…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put themselves from under the protection of that, it was at their peril. They must stay within, to wait for the salvation of the Lord; it is good to do so. In after-times they should carefully teach their children the meaning of this service. It is good for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27In the future, the Passover celebration would be a memorial reminding future generations of Israelites of God’s grace in providing them a way of escape from death. For more than 3,000 years the Jewish people have celebrated this important event in their history.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. when your children shall say, ... What mean ye by this service--Independently of some observances which were not afterwards repeated, the usages practised at this yearly commemorative feast were so peculiar that the curiosity of the young would be stimulated, and thus parents had an excellent opportunity, which they were enjoined to embrace, for instructing each rising generation in the origin and leading facts of the national faith.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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