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You shall tell your son in that day, saying, `It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.`
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Don't Wait to Be Asked
Commentators emphasize that this verse commands parents to be proactive in teaching their children about God's works. Unlike an earlier instruction to simply answer a child's question, this command urges parents to initiate the conversation, ensuring the memory of God's deliverance is passed down, even to children who don't yet know what to ask.
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Exodus
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16th Century
Protestant
And you shall show your son in that day. He repeats what we have already remarked, namely, an injunction for parents to teach their childr…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall show your son in that day On the first of the days of the feast of unleavened bread, the reason of eat…
Presbyterian
In remembrance of the destruction of the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast, and the deliverance of the Israelites out of bondage, the firs…
