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They shall take same of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.
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The Blood of Atonement
Commentators explain that the blood on the doorposts was a visible sign that a substitutionary sacrifice had been made for the household. This blood represented the life of the lamb given in place of the firstborn, providing atonement and protecting the family from the judgment that was to come.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The upper door post - Or lintel, (Exodus 12:23). This direction was understood by the Hebrews to apply only to the first Passove…
19th Century
Anglican
Strike it. —With a bunch of hyssop. (See Exodus 12:22.)
The two side posts and on the upper door post. —Th…
Baptist
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall take of the blood Of the lamb, being received into a basin, (Exodus 12:22) :
The Lord makes all things new to those whom he delivers from the bondage of Satan, and takes to himself to be his people. The time when he does thi…
