Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord's divisions left Egypt. Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil(守夜) to honor the Lord for the generations to come.
Passover restrictions: It must be eaten inside one house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones. It means the Jesus on the cross, bring his people out from sins.
Just as God foretold (Genesis 15:13-14), after four centuries in a foreign land Israel is free. The precise length of time may be in debate: the great, indisputable fact is God's deliverance. The journey to the border begins.
But first there are further instructions about how the Passover is to be celebrated, who may join in, and where it is to take place.
The events are to be further commemorated in two ways:
- For a seven-day period after Passover the people are to eat unleavened bread as a reminder of hasty departure from Egypt.
- As Israel's freedom has been purchased by the death of the firstborn of Egypt, the nation's firstborn belong in a special sense to God and are to be 'bought back'.
Why?
God kept vigil in that night to bring them out of Egypt so Israelite are to keep vigil to honor the Lord, it is make sense to do it. Keep spiritual alert in this generation to prevent the evil.
God's word are always right and correct. His promise never failed.
How?
The firstborn are belong to the Lord in a special sense to God. Freedom needs ransom to make it and Jesus paid for us.
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