You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
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You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
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And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
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And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
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- Exodus 13:14 It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- Exodus 12:26-27 It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ that you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of Yahweh’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.’ ” The people bowed their heads and worshiped.
- Psalms 44:1 We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
- Exodus 10:2 and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your son’s son, what things I have done to Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know that I am Yahweh.”
- Psalms 78:3-8 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done. For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children, that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments, and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
- Isaiah 38:19 The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
- Deuteronomy 4:9-10 Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children— the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
- Ephesians 6:4 You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain When thou dost celebrate the feast of unleavened bread.
When thou dost celebrate the feast of unleavened bread.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in…
Exo 13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
Ver. 8. And thou shalt show.] {See Trapp on "Exo 12:26"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shall show thy son in that day,....…
And thou shall show thy son in that day,.... On the first of the days of the feast of unleavened bread, the reason of eating it; and this is to be shown not to a son or single child only, but by parents to all their children, sons and daughters, and even unasked, as Maimonides (b) interprets it; and so Jarchi's note is, to a son that knows not how to ask or what to ask about; see Gill on Exo 12:26, Exo 12:27,
saying, this is done because of that which the Lord did unto me, when I came forth out of Egypt: that is, this unleavened bread is eaten because of the quick and speedy deliverance of Israel out of Egypt, so that they had not time to leaven their dough.
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(b) Hilchot Chametz Umetzah, c. 7. sect. 2, 3.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 13:8. Thou shalt show thy son — When…
Exo 13:8. Thou shalt show thy son — When you shall be come into the land of Canaan, you shall instruct your children in the meaning of your killing the lamb, and abstaining from leaven, that so you and they may be excited to gratitude to God for his goodness. This was evidently the design of the institution.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying--The…
thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying--The establishment of this and the other sacred festivals presented the best opportunities of instructing the young in a knowledge of His gracious doings to their ancestors in Egypt.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. The children to be instructed (cf. on Exo_12:26)…
8. The children to be instructed (cf. on Exo_12:26) on the meaning of the festival: it is to remind Israel in perpetuity of the duties which it owes to Jehovah, in gratitude for its deliverance out of Egypt.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And thou shalt shew thy son. Repeated from Exo_12:26,…
And thou shalt shew thy son. Repeated from Exo_12:26, Exo_12:27.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Show thy son in that day.
Exo_13:8-10
Show thy son in that day.
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Lessons
1. The instruction of children is a duty upon parents.
2. God commands continuance of ordinances for instruction of posterity.
3. The reason of Gods ordinances must be understood by parents and children (Exo_13:8).
4. Sacramental signs, and memorials of God, He is pleased to give His Church.
5. God would have these signal memorials at hand and before the eyes of His.
6. The Passover was a true sacramental sign and seal of Gods covenant.
7. By sacraments rightly used Gods covenant is confirmed on hearts and in profession.
8. Gods mighty gracious redemption is a just cause of such memorials (Exo_13:9).
9. Gods sacraments are His statutes and positive laws.
10. It is God s prerogative, to make anniversary memorials of His mercies (Exo_13:10). (G. Hughes, B. D.)
Truth embodied
As the soul is clothed in flesh, and only thus is able to perform its functions in this earth, where it is sent to live; as the thought must find a word before it can pass from mind to mind; so every great truth seeks some body, some outward form, in which to exhibit its powers. It appears in the world, and men lay hold of it, and represent it to themselves, in histories, in forms of words, in sacramental symbols; and these things, which in their proper nature are but illustrations, stiffen into essential fact, and become part of the reality. (J. A. Froude.)
Importance of commemorative days and ordinances
The following sentence is attributed to Voltaire:--I despair of destroying Christianity in any country, so long as millions of human beings meet on Sunday to worship God. Many things have been fathered on Voltaire of which he never heard, but if he really said or wrote this he uttered an unusually sensible thing. It is curious that sceptical writers have regarded so little the testimony of Christian rites to the facts with which they are indissolubly connected. How did the Lords Supper and the Lords Day come to be established institutions? Rites and observances do not establish and perpetuate themselves. The origin of these two Christian institutions can only be explained by their connection with the events they commemorate. If the written records of the apostolic age could be blotted from the memory of man, the Lords Supper would still bear testimony to Christs death for mans salvation, as the Lords Day would eloquently witness to His resurrection from the dead.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On that day you are to say to your…
On that day you are to say to your children, 'This is because of what Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.'
The quotation can be stated as an indirect quote. AT: "On that day you are to tell your children that this is because of what Yahweh did for you when you came out of Egypt" (See: Direct and Indirect Quotations)
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This will be a reminder for you on your hand, and a reminder on your forehead
These are two different types of physical reminders so people will not forget something important. (See: Parallelism)
a reminder for you on your hand
Moses speaks of celebrating the festival as if it were tying an object around their hands to remind them of what Yahweh had done. AT: "like something you tie around your hand as a reminder" (See: Metaphor)
a reminder on your forehead
Moses speaks of celebrating the festival as if it were tying an object around their foreheads to remind them of what Yahweh had done. AT: "like something you tie around your head as a reminder" (See: Metaphor)
so the law of Yahweh may be in your mouth
The words "in your mouth" here refers to the words that they speak. AT: "so you may always be speaking of the law of Yahweh" (See: Metonymy)
strong hand
The word "hand" here represents God's actions or works. See how you translated this in Exodus 6:1. AT: "the power I show in my works" (See: Metonymy)
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