Exodus 12:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And ye have observed this thing, for a statute to thee, and to thy sons--unto the age;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 12:24 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 17:8And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
  2. Exodus 12:14And 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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