10 Questions
What is the significance of the month mentioned in the passage?
It is the beginning of months and the first month of the year.
How many days shall the Israelites keep the lamb before killing it?
Fourteen days
What is the purpose of the blood on the houses?
To be a token upon the houses where they are
What is the consequence of not having the blood on the house?
The plague will be upon the house to destroy it
What is the instruction regarding the leftover of the lamb?
It should be burned with fire
What is the duration of eating unleavened bread during the feast of unleavened bread?
Seven days
What is the purpose of striking the lintel and the two side posts with the blood of the lamb?
To mark the houses of the Israelites
What is the consequence of eating leavened bread during the feast of unleavened bread?
The person will be cut off from Israel
What is the significance of the fourteenth day of the first month?
It is the day of the passover
What is the instruction given to the Israelites regarding work during the holy convocation?
Only essential work shall be done
Study Notes
The First Month and the Passover
- The first month of the year is designated as the beginning of months.
- The people of Israel are instructed to take a lamb on the tenth day of the first month, according to their household.
The Lamb
- The lamb must be without blemish, a male of the first year.
- It can be taken from the sheep or goats.
- The lamb must be kept until the fourteenth day of the month.
The Passover
- The whole assembly of Israel shall kill the lamb in the evening of the fourteenth day.
- The blood of the lamb must be struck on the two side posts and the upper door post of the houses.
- The people of Israel must eat the flesh of the lamb in that night, roasted with fire, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
- They must not eat the lamb raw or boiled in water, but roasted with fire.
The LORD's Passover
- The LORD will pass through the land of Egypt on the night of the fourteenth day and smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.
- The blood on the door posts will serve as a token, and the LORD will pass over the houses with the blood.
- The plague will not be upon the houses with the blood.
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
- The people of Israel must eat unleavened bread for seven days, starting from the first day.
- They must put away leaven from their houses on the first day.
- Whoever eats leavened bread during the seven days will be cut off from Israel.
- There will be holy convocations on the first and seventh days, with no work except that necessary for eating.
Observance of the Feast
- The people of Israel must observe the feast of unleavened bread in their generations by an ordinance forever.
- The feast commemorates the day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
- There will be no leaven found in the houses of the Israelites for seven days.
- Whoever eats leavened bread during the seven days will be cut off from the congregation of Israel.
A quiz on the biblical passage of Exodus 12, where God speaks to Moses and Aaron about the first month of the year and the preparation for the Passover.
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