Exodus 12:14 “And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it a…”

Exodus 12:14

And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

World English Bible

This day shall be a memorial for you. You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD. You shall keep it as a feast throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.

American Standard Version

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

And this day shalbe vnto you a remembrance: and ye shall keepe it an holie feast vnto the Lord, throughout your generations: yee shall keepe it holie by an ordinance for euer.

Darby Translation

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it [as] a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations [as] an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it.

Young's Literal Translation

'And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; — a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast.

Bible in Basic English

And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

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Cross references

“memorial”

Psalm 111:4 Psalm 135:13 Matthew 26:13 Numbers 16:40 Joshua 4:7 Zechariah 6:14

Psalm 111:4 · BSB

He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

Psalm 135:13 · BSB

Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.

Matthew 26:13 · BSB

Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Numbers 16:40 · BSB

just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and…

Joshua 4:7 · BSB

you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites f…

Zechariah 6:14 · BSB

The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.

“a feast”

Exodus 5:1 Deuteronomy 16:11 Nehemiah 8:9–12

Exodus 5:1 · BSB

After that, Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.’”

Deuteronomy 16:11 · BSB

and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the fore…

Nehemiah 8:9–12 · BSB

Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as th…

“by an ordinance”

2 Kings 23:21 Exodus 12:17 Exodus 12:24 Exodus 12:43 Deuteronomy 16:1 Numbers 10:8

2 Kings 23:21 · BSB

The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

Exodus 12:17 · BSB

So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Exodus 12:24 · BSB

And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants.

Exodus 12:43 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

Deuteronomy 16:1 · BSB

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Numbers 10:8 · BSB

The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13The 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.

15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.

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