Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor

To the Chief Musician. A ^(A)Contemplation^[a] of the sons of Korah.

^14 (A)So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, ^(B)‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that ^(C)the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

⁸ And you shall ^(A)tell your son in that day, saying, ‘This is done because of what the Lord did for me when I came up from Egypt.’

^26 (A)And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ ²⁷ that you shall say, ^(B)‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people ^(C)bowed their heads and worshiped.