26 (A)And when your children say to you, ‘[a]What does this rite mean to you?’ 27 then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to (B)the Lord because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but [b]spared our homes.’” (C)And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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  1. Exodus 12:26 Lit What is this service to you?
  2. Exodus 12:27 Lit delivered

26 And when your children(A) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(B) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(C) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(D)

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14 (A)And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘(B)With [a]a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of [b]slavery.

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  1. Exodus 13:14 Lit strength of hand
  2. Exodus 13:14 Lit slaves

14 “In days to come, when your son(A) asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.(B)

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(A)These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. And (B)you shall repeat them diligently to your sons and speak of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. (C)You shall also tie them as a [a]sign to your [b]hand, and they shall be as [c]frontlets [d]on your forehead. (D)You shall also write them on the [e]doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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  1. Deuteronomy 6:8 I.e., reminder
  2. Deuteronomy 6:8 Or forearm
  3. Deuteronomy 6:8 Or phylacteries
  4. Deuteronomy 6:8 Lit between your eyes
  5. Deuteronomy 6:9 Heb mezuzoth

These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.(A) Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.(B) Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.(C) Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.(D)

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