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

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

(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

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