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Exodus 12:12-14
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 12:12-14
New Catholic Bible
12 “ ‘On that night I will pass over the land of Egypt and strike the firstborn of the land of Egypt, both human and animal, to render justice against all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood on your houses shall be the sign that you are inside. I will see the blood and pass over. There shall be no plague for you when I strike the land of Egypt.
14 Preparations for the Unleavened Bread.[a]“ ‘This day shall be a memorial for you. You shall celebrate it as a feast of the Lord. From generation to generation, let there be an ordinance that you celebrate this feast.
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- Exodus 12:14 The Feast of Unleavened Bread was an agricultural feast at which the new harvest was dedicated to the divinity. When the Hebrews settled in Canaan, they adopted this feast and amalgamated it with Passover. The biblical tradition connects it with the Exodus of the Hebrew people; therefore, it finds a place in this book, where it has become a pure commemoration.
