Exodus 12:26

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

24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25And it shall come to pass, when ye shall have come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service? 27That ye 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 smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

Exodus 12:26 word by word

וְהָיָ֕ה כִּֽי־יֹאמְר֥וּ אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵיכֶ֑ם מָ֛ה הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · serviceH5656

Cross-references for Exodus 12:26

• Exodus 13:8And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did to me when I came forth out of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Deuteronomy 11:19And ye shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
• Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
• Joshua 4:6That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
• Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
• Psalms 145:4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
• Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
• Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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

Topics related to Exodus 12:26

• Instruction
• Israel
• Month
• Parents
• Passover
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Blood
• Convocation
• Cry
• Leaven
• Mean
• Observe
• Passover
• Purtenance
• Sacrifice
• Sojourning

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