Exodus 12:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They 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.”
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“They 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 12:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 12:13The 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.
- Exodus 12:22Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
- Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- Hebrews 9:22According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- Hebrews 10:14because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
- Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- 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 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
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