40 Questions
What was the instruction given regarding the lamb in verse 5?
The lamb shall be without blemish
What was the instruction about the consumption of the lamb in verse 9?
The lamb should be roasted with fire and eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs
What was the significance of the blood in verse 7?
It was to be struck on the two side posts and the upper door post of the houses
What was the instruction given about the remaining part of the lamb in verse 10?
Nothing of it should remain until the morning, and any remaining part should be burned with fire
What are the Israelites instructed to eat for seven days?
Unleavened bread
Who is required to keep the Passover?
All Israelites
What must foreigners do if they wish to keep the Passover?
Be circumcised
What are the Israelites instructed to remember?
The day they left Egypt
What is commanded regarding the sanctification of the firstborn?
Both human and animal firstborns are to be sanctified
How did God guide the Israelites through the wilderness?
With pillars of cloud and fire
Where did God instruct the Israelites to encamp before Pi-hahiroth?
Before Pi-hahiroth
What did the Israelites see approaching that made them afraid?
The Egyptians
What did the Israelites cry out to when they were afraid?
The Lord
What are the instructions for when the Israelites enter the promised land?
Setting apart the firstborn
What is the importance of not breaking any bones of the Passover lamb?
It is a commandment
What are the same for both native-born and foreigners?
The laws
What did Moses do to divide the sea and lead the Israelites through on dry ground?
He lifted his rod
What caused darkness for the pursuing Egyptians but light for the Israelites?
The angel of God
How did the Egyptians pursue the Israelites into the sea?
They followed the Israelites into the sea
What did the Israelites witness after the sea returned, drowning the Egyptians?
The salvation and defeat of the Egyptians
How did the Israelites respond after witnessing the defeat of the Egyptians?
They sang a song of praise to the Lord
What did the song of praise describe the Lord as?
A man of war
What did the song acknowledge about the Lord's power?
It instills fear in the surrounding nations
What did the Israelites express to Moses before the parting of the Red Sea?
Fear and regret for leaving Egypt
How did the Lord protect the Israelites during the pursuit by the Egyptians?
Causing darkness for the Egyptians but light for the Israelites
What did the Israelites witness after the sea was divided?
The salvation and defeat of the Egyptians
What did the Israelites acknowledge about the Lord after witnessing his great work?
His triumph and strength
What did the song of praise acknowledge about the Lord's mercy?
It redeems the people
What were the Israelites commanded to eat for seven days during the feast?
Unleavened bread
How long does the feast of unleavened bread last?
Seven days
What did the Israelites have to do to their houses to be spared during the Passover?
Mark them with lamb's blood
How many years did the Israelites dwell in Egypt before leaving?
430 years
When does the feast of unleavened bread start?
Fourteenth day of the first month
How many men were estimated to have left Egypt along with the Israelites?
About 600,000 men
What did the Israelites take from the Egyptians when they left?
Unleavened dough and valuables
What did the Israelites do to the dough taken from Egypt?
Bake unleavened cakes
What did the Israelites have to have on them while eating the Passover meal?
Loins girded, shoes on, and staff in hand
What is the Passover meal meant to be for generations?
A memorial and a feast
What is the significance of the feast of unleavened bread?
To commemorate their deliverance from Egypt
What did the Lord do at midnight during the Passover?
Smite all the firstborn in Egypt
Study Notes
The Passover and Exodus from Egypt
- The Lord instructs the Israelites to prepare for the Passover by eating with loins girded, shoes on, and staff in hand, in haste.
- The Lord will pass through Egypt, smiting all the firstborn, sparing those with blood on their houses, to be a memorial and a feast for generations.
- The feast includes eating unleavened bread for seven days, with a holy convocation on the first and seventh days.
- The Israelites are commanded to observe the feast of unleavened bread as a perpetual ordinance to commemorate their deliverance from Egypt.
- The feast starts on the fourteenth day of the first month and lasts until the twenty-first day.
- Moses instructs the elders to take a lamb, mark their houses with its blood, and stay indoors until morning.
- The Lord will pass over the marked houses, sparing the Israelites, and this practice is to be observed forever.
- The Israelites comply with the instructions, and at midnight, the Lord smites all the firstborn in Egypt, prompting Pharaoh to demand their departure.
- The Egyptians urgently send the Israelites away, who take unleavened dough and borrow valuables from them.
- The Israelites leave Egypt, numbering about 600,000 men on foot, besides children, and a mixed multitude, along with flocks and herds.
- They bake unleavened cakes with the dough taken from Egypt, as they had to leave in haste.
- The total time the Israelites dwelt in Egypt was 430 years, and they leave on the same day, which is to be observed by all generations.
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