Exodus 12:26 “When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’”

Exodus 12:26

When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And when your children aske you, What seruice is this ye keepe?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What [is] this service ye have?

Bible in Basic English

And when your children say to you, What is the reason of this act of worship?

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Cross references

“your children”

Deuteronomy 32:7 Psalm 145:4 Joshua 4:21–24 Psalm 78:3–6 Isaiah 38:19 Ephesians 6:4

Deuteronomy 32:7 · BSB

Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

Psalm 145:4 · BSB

One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

Joshua 4:21–24 · BSB

Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’

Psalm 78:3–6 · BSB

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Isaiah 38:19 · BSB

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Ephesians 6:4 · BSB

Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Also

Exodus 10:2

Exodus 10:2 · BSB

and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”

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

In context

25When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

27you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

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