The bloodshall be a signfor you on the houseswhereyou live; and when I seethe bloodI will passoveryou, and noplaguewill befallyou to destroy[you] when I strikethe landof Egypt.
"And you shall be circumcisedin the fleshof your foreskin,and it shall be the signof the covenantbetweenMe and you.
Now you shall eatit in thismanner:[with] your loinsgirded,your sandalson your feet,and your staffin your hand;and you shall eatit in haste--it is the LORD'SPassover.
"For the LORDwill passthroughto smitethe Egyptians;and when He seesthe bloodon the linteland on the twodoorposts,the LORDwill passoverthe doorand will not allowthe destroyerto comein to your housesto smite[you].
Moreover, they shall takesomeof the bloodand putit on the twodoorpostsand on the lintelof the housesin whichthey eatit.
The LORDsaidto him, "Gothrough the midstof the city,[even] through the midstof Jerusalem,and puta markon the foreheadsof the menwho sighand groanoverallthe abominationswhich are being committedin its midst."
and to waitfor His Sonfrom heaven,whomHe raisedfrom the dead,[that is] Jesus,who rescuesus from the wrathto come.
By faithhe keptthe Passoverand the sprinklingof the blood,sothat he who destroyedthe firstbornwould not touchthem.
"Nowtherefore, pleaseswearto me by the LORD,sinceI have dealtkindlywith you, that you alsowill dealkindlywith my father'shousehold,and giveme a pledgeof truth,
unless,when we comeinto the land,you tiethiscordof scarletthreadin the windowthrough whichyou letus down,and gatherto yourself into the houseyour fatherand your motherand your brothersand allyour father'shousehold.
but ifwe walkin the Lightas He Himselfis in the Light,we havefellowshipwith one another,and the bloodof JesusHis Soncleansesus from allsin.
