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It is the LORD's Passover
Exodus 12:1-11
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This month shall
be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to
you.
3 Speak ye unto all
the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall
take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb
for an house:
4 And if the
household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his
house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his
eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5 Your lamb shall be
without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep,
or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep
it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the
congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And they shall
take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door
post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat
the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter
herbs they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw,
nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and
with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let
nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until
the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye
eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your
hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.
Let us be impressed by the
precise and detailed instructions
concerning the LORD'S Passover lamb
1. The lamb:
a. When the lamb is
picked:
- on the 10th day of
the 1st month
b. What kind of lamb
to pick
- it must be without
blemish,
- a male in his
first year,
- whether from the
sheep or from the goats.
c. When to slay the
lamb
- The whole assembly
of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening of the 14th day.
d. what to do with
the blood of the lamb slain:
- they shall take of
the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of
the houses.
- the house wherein
they shall eat the passover lamb.
e. how the lamb to
be cooked:
- roast with fire; his head with his legs, and
with the entrails thereof.
f. where to eat the
lamb:
- in the house where
they have applied the lamb's blood on the doorposts and lintel.
g. when to eat the
lamb:
- they shall eat the flesh in the night of the
14th day
h. how is the lamb
to be eaten:
- they shall eat it
in haste, with their loins girded, their shoes on their feet, and staff in their hand;
- they shall not
raw, nor sodden at all with water,
i. What to do with
any remains of the lamb:
- any remains must
be burned by fire.
- nothing of it to
remain. by morning
Why such precise and
detailed instructions?
Is the LORD too
exact and detailed for you?
It's about the
LORD's Passover Lamb - foreshadowing Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God.
2. A wise and
practical arrangement
a. A lamb for each
house: "they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house
of their fathers, a lamb for an house."
b. If a household
is small, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to
the number of the souls; two or more households share a lamb.
Ah, how generous and
considerate is the LORD our God and Father.
Amen, and amen,
