Exodus 12:26-27
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26 When your children(A) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice(B) to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when he struck the Egyptians, and he spared our homes.’” So the people knelt low and worshiped.
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Exodus 13:8-9
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8 On that day explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’(A) 9 Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead,[a](B) so that the Lord’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the Lord brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand.
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- 13:9 Lit reminder between your eyes
Exodus 13:14
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14 “In the future, when your son(A) asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘By the strength of his hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
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Deuteronomy 6:20-24
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20 “When your son asks you in the future, ‘What is the meaning(A) of the decrees, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God has commanded you?’ 21 tell him, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.(B) 22 Before our eyes the Lord inflicted great and devastating signs and wonders on Egypt,(C) on Pharaoh, and on all his household, 23 but he brought us from there in order to lead us in and give us the land that he swore to our ancestors. 24 The Lord commanded us to follow all these statutes and to fear the Lord our God for our prosperity always and for our preservation, as it is today.
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Joshua 4:21-22
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21 and he said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’ 22 you should tell your children, ‘Israel crossed the Jordan on dry ground.’(A)
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