Although written down some time later, these instructions concerning Passover were given to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt before the law of Sinai.
Passover details not to be passed over.
The calendar was changed so that Passover would be in the first month.
4 days before the celebration, a lamb was to be procured.
The lamb was to be a yearling male without spot or blemish.
Each household was to have its own lamb; but two houses might share one lamb.
Blood from the animal was to be smeared upon the side and top posts of the home’s doorway.
The meat was to be roasted, not boiled or raw, before eating.
The meat was to be accompanied by unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Any leftovers must be destroyed and not eaten.
Those partaking of the Passover meal were to do so fully clothed and ready to leave the house.
At that time, God would be destroying the firstborn throughout the land; but if He would see the blood on the doorposts, the firstborn of that home would be “passed over” and thereby safe.
Observing Passover was a perpetual obligation, even after Israel would enter the promised land.
Anyone eating leavened bread at this time was to be cut off from Israel–either excommunicated or exterminated.
Besides the preparation of necessary food, all human labor was to cease for the week.
The annual Passover celebration is to give opportunity to teach coming generations about God’s passing over Israel and smiting Egypt.
At midnight, from palace to dungeon, firstborn sons were killed.
The Israelites left in such a hurry that they didn’t have time for their bread to rise.
Their Egyptian neighbors gladly contributed to their leaving.
There were about 600,000 men with families who left Egypt that night.
A mixed multitude accompanied them, too.
These things took place 430 years to the day after Israel first dwelt in Egypt.
Passover is not open to the uncircumcised.
The same law applied to Israelites and foreigners and hired servants.
The Passover meal was not to be carried out of the house.
Revelation 3:14-22
14 ΒΆ And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:14-22
14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
At the end of the last chapter, we heard Pharaoh saying that he didn’t want to see Moses again about the matter of Israel’s leaving Egypt; and we heard Moses say that such would be the case.
How do we explain the conversation between the two in chapter 11?
Either of two readings will suffice:
1. Moses never did come again to intercede for Israel. His next, and last, appearance before Pharaoh was as God’s messenger to declare the coming of the 10th plague.
2. The event of chapter 11 is a continuance of the meeting in chapter 10.
Exodus 11
I. A parenthetical summary of what is to follow. (1-3:)
God will bring one last plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt
After this, Israel will be free to go; in fact, Israel will be urged to go
14And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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