Exodus 12:25-28 “And when you come to the land that YHWH will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the YHWH’s Pesach, for he passed… Read More »Designed to Serve
Psalms are traditionally read on Pesach. I have stepped outside our order of study to examine this beautiful psalm about ransom, repentance, and prophesy of Yashua’s death. Perfect for Pesach. We first look at the parallel structure of the psalm. Themes such as floods, ransom, and repentace of… Read More »Save Me Oh YHWH!
Exodus 12:24, “You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.” The word “rite” here is likely correct, but the Hebrew word behind it is as profound as it is flexible. The word is debar (Strongs H1697) and is most often (over 800 times) translated as… Read More »Ritual is a Thing
Exodus 12:23, “For YHWH will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, YHWH will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.” Some translations choose to use the… Read More »הַמַּשְׁחִית “The Destroyer”
Exodus 12:22, “None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.” Combine that idea with this verse: Exodus 12:42: “It was a night of watching by YHWH, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept… Read More »A Night of Watching
Exodus 12:22, “Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin.” The act of painting our door frame with blood apparently isn’t meant to be done gently. I think… Read More »It is Finished
Exodus 12:21, “Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb.” The word clan is so old-fashioned and to some degree the hooded idiots who spell it with a K gave it… Read More »מִשְׁפָּחָה (Mishpacha)
Exodus 12:15, “Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.” The word translated as “unleavened… Read More »The Week of Matzah (Isn’t Really About Bread)
Exodus 12:14, “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to YHWH; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.” The Hebrew word translated as “forever” is olam (Strongs H5769). Not surprisingly it actually means…forever. As in:… Read More »Everlasting God
Exodus 12:11-13. “In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is YHWH’s Pesach. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all… Read More »Passing Over Didn’t Start on Passover