Exodus 12

About this episode

This episode discusses the instructions given by the Lord to Moses and Aaron regarding the Passover lamb in Exodus 12.

Exodus 12 Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year for you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month they are, each one, to take a lamb for themselves, according to the fathers’ households, a lamb for each household. 4 Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; in proportion to what each one should eat, you are to divide the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6 You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight. 7 Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its…

People in this episode

Host: John Whittaker

Topics covered

• Exodus
• Passover
• Israelites
• sacrifice
• rituals

Keywords

• Exodus 12
• Passover
• lamb
• Israel
• rituals
• sacrifice
• Egypt

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Egypt

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