Devine Scripture

Exodus 12:26

Exodus chapter 12 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

Context

v.25And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

v.26This passage

v.27that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of Jehovah’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Joshua 4:6

    that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

  • Exodus 13:22

    the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people.

  • Isaiah 38:19

    The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  • Exodus 13:8

    And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.

  • Joshua 4:21

    And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

  • Ephesians 6:4

    And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but nurture them in the chastening and admonition of the Lord.