1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, / 2. This month {shall be} unto you the beginning of months: it {shall be} the first month of the year to you. / 3. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth {day} of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of {their} fathers, a lamb for an house: {lamb: or, kid} →

Well, folks, in Exodus 12, God is still angry with the Egyptians and decides to punish them with the 10th plague. This should be fun. Anyway, God tells the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb and smear the blood on their doorposts or else the plague will get them too. →

Joe: Alright, so we are talking about Exodus 12. What’s going on here? Bible Expert: Well, this chapter details the instructions of the Passover meal. The Lord tells Moses and Aaron that all the people of Israel should take a lamb at the start of the month, keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, and then kill it as a sacrifice. →

Alex Trebek: So, what do you do for a living? Contestant: I'm actually a biblical scholar, so I know a lot about the Bible. Alex Trebek: (groans) Not this again. Alright, let's hear it. What's in Exodus 12? →

"Listen up, recruits! This is Exodus 12, and it's all about The Passover. God's gonna take the Israelites out of Egypt, so the first thing He does is He tells the Israelites to take a lamb and kill it. That lamb's gonna represent their freedom. →

Batman: Holy Haggadah, Robin! We've just arrived in Egypt and it looks like the Israelites are being oppressed! Robin: Yes Batman, and Moses has just been commanded by God to lead them out of Egypt. Joker: Aha, so you're up against a force more powerful than you? What will you do? →

Listen, Jack, I'm not joking: Exodus 12 is gonna be a wild ride. No malarkey! See here, Jack: this is when the Lord tells Moses and Aaron how to do the first Passover. My father used to say, it's a reminder of when God passed over the Israelites during the tenth plague. →

Exodus 12 is BIGLY. It tells the story of the Israelites' first Passover and the way God told them to prepare for it: by slaying an unblemished lamb and smearing its blood on their doorposts. This was so the Angel of Death would 'passover' their homes and spare their firstborn sons. →

Peter: Alright, so in Exodus 12, God told the Israelites that they were gonna need some sheep. Lois: Sheep? What did they need sheep for? Peter: The Lord told them they were gonna need to sacrifice a lamb and use its blood to mark their doorframes, so they'd be safe from the plague of death. →