Exodus 13:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’”
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“And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And thou hast declared to thy son in that day, saying, `<FI> It is<Fi> because of what Jehovah did to me, in my going out from Egypt,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 13:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:2and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how severely I dealt with the Egyptians when I performed miraculous signs among them, so that all of you may know that I am the LORD.”
- Exodus 12:26When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
- Exodus 12:27you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
- Exodus 13:14In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Psalms 78:3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Isaiah 38:19The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
- Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
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