Exodus 12:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; 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.”
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“The blood on the houses where you are staying will distinguish them; 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And the blood hath become a sign for you on the houses where ye <FI>are<Fi> , and I have seen the blood, and have passed over you, and a plague is not on you for destruction in My smiting in the land of Egypt.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 12:13 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
- Exodus 12:7They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
- Exodus 12:23When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
- Joshua 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure sign
- Joshua 2:18unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
- Hebrews 11:28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.
- 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).