Pesach (Passover)

「Then Moses returned to GOD and said, “O my Sovereign, why did You bring harm upon this people? Why did You send me?」

「Now the flax and barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud;」

「If you refuse to let them go, then I will plague your whole country with frogs.」

「And when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this rite?’」

「You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the ETERNAL your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me,」

「“Then all these courtiers of yours shall come down to me and bow low to me, saying, ‘Depart, you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will depart.” And he left Pharaoh’s presence in hot anger.」

The feast commemorating Israel's deliverance when the destroyer passed over houses marked by lamb's blood; the supreme OT redemption type foreshadowing Christ's atoning sacrifice.

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