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Exodus 12:13 The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />But the blood on your doorposts will serve as a sign, marking the houses where you are staying. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye <i>are</i>: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy <i>you</i>, when I smite the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you <i>are.</i> And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy <i>you</i> when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy <i>you</i> when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy <i>you</i> when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and I will see the blood, and I will pass over you, and there shall be no plague among you to destroy <i>you</i> when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The blood shall be a sign for you on [the doorposts of] the houses where you live; when I see the blood I shall pass over you, and no affliction shall happen to you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a distinguishing mark for you; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will be among you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The blood on the houses will show me where you live, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. Then you won't be bothered by the terrible disasters I will bring on Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But the blood on your houses will be a sign for your protection. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. Nothing will touch or destroy you when I strike Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The blood on the doorposts will be a sign to mark the houses in which you live. When I see the blood, I will pass over you and will not harm you when I punish the Egyptians. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. I'll see the blood and pass over you. There will be no plague to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the blood has become a sign for you on the houses where you [are], and I have seen the blood, and have passed over you, and a plague is not on you for destruction in My striking in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the blood hath become a sign for you on the houses where ye are, and I have seen the blood, and have passed over you, and a plague is not on you for destruction in My smiting in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the blood was to you for a sign upon the houses where you are there: and I saw the blood and I passed over you, and the blow shall not be upon you to destroy, in my striking upon the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where you shall be: and I shall see the blood, and shall pass over you: and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But the blood will be for you as a sign in the buildings where you will be. And I will see the blood, and I will pass over you. And the plague will not be with you to destroy, when I strike the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But for you the blood will mark the houses where you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thereby, when I strike the land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will make you glad, and the plague shall not be among you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And this blood will be for a sign to you on the houses in which you are and I shall see the blood and I shall pass over you, and death will not be among you to destroy whenever I kill in the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which ye are, and I will see the blood, and will protect you, and there shall not be on you the plague of destruction, when I smite in the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/12-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2800" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">The First Passover</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: had·dām (Art:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">The blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·bāt·tîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the houses</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">are staying</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: lə·’ōṯ (Prep-l:: N-cs) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">distinguish them;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’î·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">when I see</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: had·dām (Art:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">the blood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6452.htm" title="6452: ū·p̄ā·saḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to hop, i.e. skip over; by implication, to hesitate; also to limp, to dance.">I will pass</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/5063.htm" title="5063: ne·ḡep̄ (N-ms) -- A blow, a striking. From nagaph; a trip; figuratively, an infliction.">plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">on you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4889.htm" title="4889: lə·maš·ḥîṯ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Ruin, destruction. From shachath; destructive, i.e. destruction, literally or figuratively.">to destroy you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: bə·hak·kō·ṯî (Prep-b:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 1cs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">when I strike</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a></span><br />For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm">Hebrews 9:22</a></span><br />According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a></span><br />He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></span><br />The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a></span><br />For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a></span><br />Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-9.htm">Revelation 5:9</a></span><br />And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-28.htm">Matthew 26:28</a></span><br />This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a></span><br />In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a></span><br />and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-12.htm">Numbers 9:12</a></span><br />they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-51.htm">Psalm 78:51</a></span><br />He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-36.htm">Psalm 105:36</a></span><br />Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-4.htm">Ezekiel 9:4-6</a></span><br />“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.” / And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.</p><p class="hdg">the blood</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Exodus 12:23</a></b></br> For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite <i>you</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-11.htm">Genesis 17:11</a></b></br> And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/2-12.htm">Joshua 2:12</a></b></br> Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:</p><p class="hdg">and when</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/1-10.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:10</a></b></br> And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, <i>even</i> Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a></b></br> But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.</p><p class="hdg">to destroy your.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/exodus/12-7.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/exodus/8-9.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/10-5.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">Destructive</a> <a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/10-16.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/exodus/9-33.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/exodus/12-7.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/exodus/9-16.htm">Live</a> <a href="/exodus/7-25.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/exodus/11-1.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/exodus/8-23.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/exodus/8-2.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/exodus/3-12.htm">Token</a> <a href="/exodus/7-17.htm">Touch</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-51.htm">Destructive</a> <a href="/exodus/12-17.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/16-20.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/exodus/15-16.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Live</a> <a href="/exodus/12-27.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/exodus/30-12.htm">Plague</a> <a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/numbers/8-17.htm">Smiting</a> <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/exodus/13-16.htm">Token</a> <a href="/exodus/12-22.htm">Touch</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This act served as a visible sign of obedience and faith in God's promise of deliverance. The use of blood as a sign is significant throughout Scripture, symbolizing life and atonement (<a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>). The blood on the houses foreshadows the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, whose blood provides salvation and protection from spiritual death (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>, <a href="/1_peter/1-18.htm">1 Peter 1:18-19</a>).<p><b>when I see the blood, I will pass over you.</b><br>This phrase introduces the concept of divine protection and deliverance. The term "pass over" is the origin of the term "Passover," a pivotal event in Jewish history commemorated annually. It signifies God's mercy and judgment, as He spared the Israelites while executing judgment on the Egyptians. This act of passing over prefigures the ultimate deliverance through Christ, who provides eternal salvation to those covered by His blood (<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a>). The Passover event is a type of Christ's redemptive work, highlighting the necessity of faith and obedience for salvation.<p><b>No plague will fall on you to destroy you</b><br>The plague referred to here is the death of the firstborn, the final and most severe of the ten plagues that God sent upon Egypt (<a href="/exodus/11-4.htm">Exodus 11:4-6</a>). This plague was a direct judgment against the Egyptian gods and Pharaoh, who was considered a deity. The protection from the plague underscores God's sovereignty and faithfulness to His covenant people. It also illustrates the principle of divine justice and mercy, as those who obeyed God's command were spared from destruction.<p><b>when I strike the land of Egypt.</b><br>The striking of Egypt represents God's judgment against a nation that had oppressed His people. It serves as a historical demonstration of God's power and His commitment to fulfilling His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (<a href="/genesis/15-13.htm">Genesis 15:13-14</a>). The plagues, culminating in the death of the firstborn, were designed to compel Pharaoh to release the Israelites and to reveal God's supremacy over all false gods (<a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Exodus 12:12</a>). This event is a reminder of God's ultimate authority and the deliverance He provides to those who trust in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage. He communicated God's instructions regarding the Passover to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pharaoh.htm">Pharaoh</a></b><br>The ruler of Egypt who refused to let the Israelites go, leading to the plagues, including the final plague of the death of the firstborn.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, who were enslaved in Egypt and instructed to observe the Passover as a sign of their faith and obedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved and where God demonstrated His power through the plagues.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_passover.htm">The Passover</a></b><br>The event where God passed over the houses of the Israelites marked with the blood of the lamb, sparing them from the plague of the firstborn.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_the_blood.htm">The Significance of the Blood</a></b><br>The blood on the doorposts was a sign of obedience and faith. It is a reminder that salvation comes through the blood of Christ, our Passover lamb.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_protection.htm">God's Protection</a></b><br>Just as God protected the Israelites from the plague, He offers protection and deliverance to those who trust in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>The Israelites' obedience in applying the blood was crucial for their deliverance. Similarly, our obedience to God's Word is essential for spiritual protection and blessing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The act of applying the blood was a demonstration of faith. Our faith should be evident in our actions and choices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_disobedience.htm">The Cost of Disobedience</a></b><br>The Egyptians faced severe consequences for Pharaoh's disobedience. This serves as a warning of the cost of rejecting God's commands.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">The blood shall be to you for a token.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">the blood shall be for a token for you: i.e.,</span> it shall be a token to Me on your behalf. (See the comment on <a href="/exodus/12-7.htm" title="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.">Exodus 12:7</a>, and compare <a href="/exodus/12-23.htm" title="For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you.">Exodus 12:23</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The blood shall be to you for a token</span>, etc. The blood was not to be a token <span class="accented">to</span> the Israelites, but <span class="accented">to</span> God <span class="accented">for</span> them. Translate- "and the blood shall be as a token for you upon the houses that you are there." It shall distinguish the houses in which you dwell from the others. <span class="cmt_word">I will pass over you</span>. This is the emphatic clause. God would pass by, or over the house on which the blood was, spare it, slay none of its inmates; and from this action of His, the lamb itself, and the feast whereof it was the principal part, were to be termed "the Passover." It has been proposed to connect the Hebrew <span class="accented">pesach</span> with the Egyptian <span class="accented">pesh</span>, "to stretch, or extend (protection)"; but the name "Tiphsach," borne by the place of passage over the Euphrates (<a href="/1_kings/4-24.htm">1 Kings 4:24</a>), would seem to indicate that "crossing," or "passing over" is the primary meaning of the root. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The blood</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(had·dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֤ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the houses</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבָּתִּים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bāt·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתֶּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are staying</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָה֩</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">distinguish them;</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאֹ֗ת</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’ōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> </span><span class="str2">A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when I see</span><br /><span class="heb">וְרָאִ֙יתִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’î·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the blood,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(had·dām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will pass</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפָסַחְתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ā·saḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6452.htm">Strong's 6452: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hop, skip over, to hesitate, to limp, to dance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over you.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">plague</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֙גֶף֙</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5063.htm">Strong's 5063: </a> </span><span class="str2">A trip, an infliction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fall</span><br /><span class="heb">יִֽהְיֶ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on you</span><br /><span class="heb">בָכֶ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">to destroy you</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·maš·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4889.htm">Strong's 4889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Destructive, destruction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when I strike</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהַכֹּתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·hak·kō·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Egypt.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/12-13.htm">Exodus 12:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/12-13.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:13 The blood shall be to you (Exo. 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